Compare And Contrast Mesopotamia Egypt And China

Mankind has lived in organized groups ever since 3000 B.C. when the first civilization was made. Each group had its difficulties like flooding and famine. They each had different responses to these problems, but they also had their similarities. Mesopotamia, Egypt and China were some of the first organized groups in the river valley civilization.

Mesopotamia believes in many gods which is called polytheism. Egypt also believed in many gods and goddesses, over 2,000 to be exact. Both religions believe that their gods control nature. The Egyptian god Ra created the world and controls the sun and for Mesopotamia, Ea controlled and protected them from floods. Mesopotamia and Egypt believe in life after death, but Egypt believes when you

Mesopotamia is between two rivers the Tigris and Euphrates. Egypt has a 4,100 mile long river called the Nile River. Flooding sounds bad in Mesopotamia but it is not. The two rivers only flood once a year, but they are unpredictable. Egypt also has early flooding, if it is a small flood it reduces crops and food. If it is a large flood it can destroy anything in its path.

China and Egypt had advanced societies. Egypt had two main parts to their society,

Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. Then in 3000B.C. King Narmar unites to make Egypt first dynasty. Egyptian kings are considered gods, but they are called pharaohs not gods. In China they also have a dynasty which was formed in 2000 B.C., 1000 years after the Egyptian dynasty was made. The first ruler of the Chinese dynasty, which was named Xia Dynasty, was a man named Yu. The Chinese built houses out of wood while the Egyptians made their houses out of mostly stone. Egyptian social classes were based upon a pyramid, pharaohs were at the top while farmers and laborers were at the bottom. In China there social classes were kings and warrior nobles were at top the farmers were at the bottom. In China the richer lived in the cities and