Egypt vs. Mesopotamia Drill
Write “E” for Egypt, “M” for
Mesopotamia or “B” if it applies to
both Egypt and Mesopotamia
Mummified the dead
Egypt
Deserts tended to
protect from invaders
Egypt
Hieroglyphic Writing
Egypt
Primary building material
was clay
Mesopotamia
st
1
to develop the wagon
wheel
Mesopotamia
Primary means of
subsistence was farming
Both
Ziggurats
Mesopotamia
Had a social hierarchy
Both
Ruled by a pharaoh
Egypt
Cuneiform Writing
Mesopotamia
Built with stone
Egypt
Worship of Sun god, Re
Egypt
Wrote on papyrus
Egypt
Pyramids as tombs
Egypt
Monarchy
Both
River(s) followed predictable
cycle of flooding
Egypt
Home of the only remaining
natural wonder of the ancient
world
Egypt
River bank(s) provided
fertile soil
Both
Between the Tigris and
Euphrates Rivers
Mesopotamia
Gods included Osiris and Isis
Egypt
Theocratic government
Both
Developed along river(s)
Both
Nile River
Egypt
Afterlife anticipated as good
Egypt
Code of Hammurabi
Mesopotamia
Had slavery
Both
Had scribes
Both
Early independent
city-states
Mesopotamia
Book of the Dead
Egypt
Rosetta Stone
Egypt
Polytheistic
Both
Mostly in modern day Iraq
Mesopotamia
*BONUS
Developed the arch
Mesopotamia
*BONUS
King Narmer united
Egypt