Comparison Of Indus River Valley And Mesopotamia

Each River Valley Civilization had their own unique style. They also each had certain things in common. There is definitely a pattern within these civilizations, as they each needed three things to thrive. Oceans/lakes, rivers or streams, and a trade route. With these civilization builders, each group of people had their own way of dealing with it. Flooding, government, and religion were also main points of each civilization, which I will be discussing in this paper. I am going to discuss flooding control first between the Indus River Valley and Mesopotamia. These two civilizations both had rivers that would either flood or drought. Of course, they didn’t know this when they settle, but they both had different ways of handling it. The Harappans introduced a sophisticated drainage system for when the floods came around. This was the first civilization to have a drainage/sewage system, which was an amazing technical advance considering this was around 2500 B.C. Mesopotamians dealt with the problem differently. Instead, they built irrigation systems, which increased food productions. This was smarter than a drainage system to me, because then they could have leftover water to plant crops if the river dried up. …show more content…
I wanted to compare Egypt and China’s government because they have distinct similarities. First of all, I like how they both left behind written history. Egypt left behind Hammurabi’s Code, and China left written records from the Shang Dynasty. (1700-1027 B.C). Egypt and China were both very involved with religion in their government. Feudalism was present in China, but not in Egypt. But, Egypt did have what was similar to an emperor. Egypt had pharaohs, which signals that they both had one person above all the others, and that one person was typically related back to the