Egypt And Mesopotamia Similarities

The geography that varied between Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia created major distinctions among the civilizations, which included cultural, economic, and religious differences. While Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia shared some similar cultural views because they existed in the same general area, at the same time they differed from each other because Egypt was isolated from other civilizations, while Mesopotamia was surrounded and influenced by others. The Tigris, Euphrates, and Nile river made the economics of the ancient civilizations differ by influencing agriculture and helping with trade. The religious differences were able to exist because Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia had distinct geographic features that created variations because Egypt did not have outside influences to affect their religious beliefs due to being in an isolated place, while Mesopotamia was was enclosed by the civilizations around them and by the empires that overpowered and ruled Mesopotamians. …show more content…
Egypt was isolated because it was surrounded by the Eastern and Western Deserts, the Red Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea. The ancient Mesopotamian civilization was affected by other empires that took control over Mesopotamia, including; Babylon, Sumer, Akkadian Empire, etc., while Egypt was mainly isolated and was a unified society. Early Egypt took the idea of writing, a main part of culture, from Mesopotamia, re-invented it from scratch, and used their writing in a similar context as Mesopotamia did which shows that Egypt was indirectly influenced by Mesopotamia. Being mainly isolated from other civilizations affected not only Egyptian culture, but it also affected their religious