Compare And Contrast Ancient Egyptian And Chinese Civilizations

While the Ancient Egyptian’s geography mostly benefited the Ancient Egyptians, Early China’s geography isolated the Early Chinese civilization. Although they were isolated, it did not limit them from trading and travel. Both of these civilizations relied on the rivers found in their regions. The yellow river, named after loess, and the Yangzi River assisted with agriculture and trade in Ancient China under the Shang and Zhou. The Nile River, found in Egypt, was also the reason travel, agriculture and communication was successful in Ancient Egypt. Not only did these civilizations’ geography differ, but their religions, cultures, societies and governments were also different and affected these civilizations either positively or negatively. In Ancient China under the Shang and the Zhou, people’s religion differed greatly from the Ancient Egyptians’ religion. Although both of these civilizations believed in afterlife, gods that determined the …show more content…
They both believed that they’re rulers were given their power from god or heaven and that they were the most powerful. The Egyptians believed that kings were gods and came down to earth to keep ma’at. Ma’at was the order of the universe created by gods. They also believed that the king was the connection between the gods and the earth. In Ancient China, the theory of the Mandate of Heaven was developed by the Zhou. The Mandate of Heaven theory stated that heaven can give the ruler his power or can take it away if the rule does not treat the people fairly and takes advantage of his authority. Both Ancient China under Shang and Zhou and Ancient Egypt consisted of kings that died and their power was passed down to their firstborn male. Although in Ancient China, King Wu died and his son, Cheng, was supposed to be the new ruler of China but he was too young for this position. His uncle, the Duke of Zhou, helped him run