Mesopotamia and Egyptian Civilizations
...Their government was a theocracy with the kings rolling with the other elite. The religion was a form of mythology, which helped to explain what happened. In this religion the gods controlled nature and gods dictated the humans lives. The Egyptians around 2900 B.C. started their civilization with the ruler known as Farmer. Their civilization was settled off the banks of the Nile River. The river was the source of life to them. It was not unpredictable like the Tigris-Euphrates. Egypt's cities were religious communities that had polytheistic traits. Their government was also a theocracy. The Egyptians had a ruler called a pharaoh that was a god within himself. Both of these civilizations had a set writing form. The Mesopotamian had the cuneiform while the Egyptians had hieroglyphics. They both also had advances in mathematics, diversification of labor, large-scale buildings, and they shared mythopeic worldviews. The civilization that differs during this time was the Hebrews. They originated in Mesopotamia and then migr...