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    Persians created colored bricks. The colored bricks gaved the persian buildings a finish that was unlike any other.( Davies, P. J., Denny, W. B., Hofrichter, F. F., Jacobs, J., Roberts, A. M., & Simon, D. L. pg. 38). Hebrews or Jews were exiled from Mesopotamia, and put into slavery. they created the First Temple, which was used for worship. (Davis, P., Denny, W., Hofrichter, F., jacobs, J., Roberts A., & Simon, D…

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    The Indus Valley and Mesopotamia were two ancient civilizations who thrived off of the banks of prominent rivers. These two civilizations relied on the rivers for social interaction, health, transportation, food, and water. Even though the rivers started these two civilizations, they also may have been the cause to their collapse. The Indus Valley is located on the north western side of a country now known as India. The Indus Valley consists of five prominent cities that surround the Indus…

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    them. Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt are an important part of history where society can learn more about how things began. They were the first civilizations that have recorded evidence and were affected by the dictated outcomes of agricultural prosperity, religious formation, and government structures. The lands of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia was influxes by previous nomadic people and became the Agricultural Revolution. Mesopotamia is situated in cutting edge Iraq. The word Mesopotamia is a…

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    basis of a society’s laws. Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, and Ancient India all had similarities and differences in their attitudes towards law and social justice. Mesopotamia, meaning the “land between the rivers”, was one of the earliest civilizations in the world. It was located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, an area also referred to as the Fertile Crescent. Mesopotamia was by…

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    this essay, you will learn about two ancient river valley civilizations: Mesopotamia, Egypt. It’ all about the civilizations am going to be talking about, their life and their river of which they relied on the most, and I’m also going to be talking about there religion and gods. First am going to comparing Mesopotamia and Egypt sense they was the first civilizations. Before am going to tell you about Egypt and Mesopotamia. Am going to tell you what is a civilization. To be a civilization you…

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    be formed around the rivers in Africa; Egypt and Mesopotamia were the first river valley civilizations. Although the mesopotamia and Egyptian civilizations were strongly affected by their geographic locations, the ways on which locations effected their religion and society, and government, were both similar and different, because they had the same system of government but different points of view over religion and society. Society: The Mesopotamia and the Egyptian society were extremely…

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    transition from a Paleolithic society into settled civilizations was one of the greatest changes in human development. Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia are two of the greatest ancient civilizations that went through this change. While both governing bodies had strict laws and ties to religion, the main difference was the government system of both ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. This difference actually made a huge impact in terms of the lasting longevity of both civilizations as Egypt was able to…

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    Although both Egypt and Mesopotamia developed at the same time, environment and natural forces affected differences in political systems, religion, and social stability. The rise of civilizations in Egypt and Mesopotamia occurred about the same time and both civilizations grew along mighty rivers. There were many similarities but many differences as well. In each case, it was the river valley and geography that dictated outcomes affecting agricultural prosperity, religious formation, and…

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    the two early civilizations. While both civilizations are nested near rivers which allow their agricultural lifestyles to flourish, Egypt has one advantage over ancient Mesopotamia, the sea. Being surrounded by the Red and Mediterranean seas, Egypt is provided with a natural defense from their enemies. Unfortunately for Mesopotamia, the lack of these defenses leaves them open for invaders. The one benefit…

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    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…

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