Chapter 2 (First Civilizations)

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For Chapter 2 I decided to look at the differenced between Egypt and Mesopotamia.



Egypt:

  1. River: Nile river, regularly flooded
  2. Geography: Surrounded by deserts
  3. Religion: centralized, polytheistic, hierarchy
  4. Gov't/State: Pharoah (considered to be a god) ---> civilizations
  5. Outlook: positive
Mesopotamia:

  1. River: unpredictable, constant flooding
  2. Geography: open geography
  3. Religion: dispersed - local priests
  4. Gov't/State: dispersed ---> city-states
  5. Outlook: negative

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