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Fun Facts: US History: 240 years vs. Egypt: 3000
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Mesopotamia vs. Egypt
• Mesopotamia Defense
– Flat mud plains; few
natural defenses
• Mesopotamia Rivers
– Tigris and Euphrates
• Egypt Defense
– Many defenses: Nile Delta,
Sahara, Eastern Desert, and
Cataracts
• Egypt River: Nile River
Mesopotamia vs. Egypt
• Floods of Tigris and Euph.
– Unpredictable, and a
constant threat to the
people
• Floods of the Nile
– Dependable and regular;
not feared
Mesopotamia vs. Egypt
• Mesopotamia Economy
– Farming and Trade
• Government
– City-states led by kings
and priest; eventually
empires formed
• Egypt Economy
– Farming and trade
• Government
– Villages led by chiefs,
then united into
kingdoms; kingdoms
later united and ruled by
pharaohs
Mesopotamia vs. Egypt
• Mesopotamia: Work of
Artisans
– Metal products, pottery,
and cloth
• Advancements
– Cuneiform writing
– Number system based on
60
– 12 month calendar
– Wagon wheel, plow,
sailboat
• Egypt: Work of Artisans
– Metal products, pottery,
and cloth
• Advancements
– Hieroglyphics
– 365-Day calendar
– Number system based on
10
– Medicine and first medical
books