Mesopotamia Dbq Analysis

The cultures of ancient Egypt, and Mesopotamia were successful civilizations, because they worked hard, kept their cities by rivers, and had rulers and gods that kept the city in order. To prove my statement is correct, I will state 6 facts from 6 documents on why this is true.
Let me start from the first document. The first document says, “Heavy rains cause the Nile to overflow regularly, which made the soil fertile and good for farming. The ancient Egyptians sang this song about the benefits of the Nile, ‘When the Nile arises earth rejoices and all men are glad… That givest drink to the desert places which are far from water.’” This statements shows us that the farmers are glad that they can work hard, because when the Nile is not overflowing, they can no longer work. The document follows the farmers, as they talk about what they need. The Egyptians also believe that their Pharaoh is a god, document 5 calling Pharaoh’s god-kings, and document 3, “a Pharaoh is a god”, so they could also believe that he controls the seas, and they rejoice and praise that their Pharaoh has raised the Nile when they needed it. The Nile supports their entire city, so they could …show more content…
Document 3 states that they worshipped their pharaoh. They believed their pharaoh was a god. It says, “A pharaoh is a god by whose dealings one lives, the father and mother of all, without an equal.” This shows that from the point of view of the people of the city, they believe their pharaoh is a god, and control’s all. They worship him like they would a god. I know that this paragraph is short, and this is because the document is short. It would have been helpful for them to explain, why they think he is a god, and go into more detail so that the reader could have a deeper understanding. This explains my thesis because they needed a god or a ruler. They believed he possessed great power over