Sumer And Egypt Compare And Contrast

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From their political organizations to their technological innovations, Both Sumer, or Mesopotamia, and Egypt have many things in common. Some of which included but are not limited to what and how they traded.
Sumer and Egypt both traded with each other, and with each other, Lebanon, and India, while Sumer also traded with Arabia, Persia, and Afghanistan. Egypt also traded with modern-day Somalia and Ethiopia. Although the two kingdoms also have their differences, no two kingdoms or countries will be exactly alike.
Now when it come to the way their government is set up, they are very similar, with minor differences. In Egypt, a person with the most power, or highest rank, would be the pharaoh. Pharaohs are typically men. Now, in Egypt, anyone

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