Mesopotamia And Egypt

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Mesopotamia and Egypt Civilization
The two earliest settlements and ways of life were the Egyptians and the Mesopotamians. The geographical, environmental, and political conditions, and their religious beliefs and laws, are believed to have been the by-product of the conditions under which both great civilizations developed.
The geographical and environmental condition of Mesopotamia and Egypt affects how they were civilized. Mesopotamia is the name that means between the rivers (pg.8). Two rivers, the Tigris River, and Euphrates River surround Mesopotamia (Pg 8). The land of Mesopotamia is flat and plain. “The upland region of the north receives most of the rainfall, but the soil is th8in and poor. In the south the soil is fertile, but rainfall is almost nonexistent.” The Mesopotamians settled south part of Mesopotamia because of the fertile soil there and the water resource from the river provided a better agriculture. Egypt is also referred to as “The Gift of The Nile”, because the Nile valley has a fertile soil (Pg.14). “Egypt knew only two environments: the fertile Nile Valley and the vast wastes of Sahara Desert surrounding it”. The Egyptian settled by Nile River because of the fertile soil.
The politics and society condition of Mesopotamia and Egypt affected how they were civilized. The land of Mesopotamia was flat and plan so therefore people were afraid to be attacked from outsiders. That’s why the Mesopotamians build wall around their cities. “Within the walls of the city, men and women developed new technologies and new social and political structures. They created cultural traditions such as writing and literature.” As for Egypt didn’t have to build walled cities because they had a great protection from the Sahara desert (Pg.14). As the cities of Mesopotamia begin to develop, a class of status came with it. The first places were the rulers and kings who were powerful and feared, af...