There were some differences between these two early civilizations. The two civilizations had strong governments. Egypt had a highly centralized government where the pharaoh was the main leader that was in charge of everyone and everything. The people believed that the king was more than a man, they believed that he was a god. This gave him absolute control over the matters of the Empire and its people.
Ruling over the kingdom was a pharaoh, who was not only a king but was also seen as a god. Provinces were ruled by monarchs better known as provincial governors. The Egyptians devised themselves into classes, upper class, middle class, and a lower class. The pharaoh and his family were at the top of the Egyptian class system. People could move from one class to another depending on their situations.
The Egyptian society tended to think of themselves as superior to other people, so Egyptians frequently eyed foreigners with unwelcomed glares. Another comprises the political development and characteristics. Both ancient Mesopotamia’s and Egypt’s government were ruled by some sort of king. For Egypt, the highest place of the government was the pharaoh, who was not only
Egyptian government was much more centralized than the city states of Mesopotamia. Adding to the list of political differences, Mesopotamia is also famous for later being the birthplace of Hammurabi’s code, the first law code ever, written by Babylonian king Hammurabi in around 1750 B.C.E, while Egypt has no known written law code. Just as the rulers in each civilisation shared similarities and differences, so did the societies set up by them. While both of them had a similar social hierarchy of upper, lower and middle classes and a noticeable patriarchy (because what would an ancient civilization be without one), there were a few differences, one pertaining to the role of women. Women in Egypt enjoyed many more rights and were treated with higher regard (almost equal to men) than the women in Mesopotamia, who like in most ancient civilizations were treated as second class citizens.
A complex society is defined by its development into a thriving civilization however great or small. Two of the earliest complex societies were Egypt and Mesopotamia. Both societies had rich cultures, and were largely responsible for the development of the eastern world. Having developed during the same time periods both societies share many political, technological, social, and economic similarities. However they also share a number of differences because they developed in different regions with different natural influences.
At the peak of the New Kingdom, Egypt consisted of around three million people, so a well organized government was necessary. Egypt's government was very influential and crutial to the way we live today They were ruled by one person with many advisors, was a theocracy, had laws, had social classes, and taxes. Ancient Egypt's government consisted of many intricate parts that shaped the Egyptian ways of life (“Ancient Egyptian Government”). The Egyptians were controlled by one king, called Pharaoh. However, the king was not always called a pharoah.
Even though they were very similar, they did have their differences. Both of these civilizations were based on a monarchy/bureaucracy. Each had a supreme leader that stated he got his power to rule from the gods. But there were also bureaucrats to run the extensive area these civilizations once ruled that the king could not control by himself. Trade was an essential part of these societies.
The settlements of Egypt and the Indus Valley both grew into primary urban civilizations. There are seven characteristics shared in innovative primary urbanization and elements of these characteristics can vary in different civilizations. The most prominent comparisons between Egypt and the Indus Valley lie in the characteristics of government, writing, and technology. Government plays a large role in any urban civilization, which it did for Egypt and the Indus Valley. Both these civilizations used a bureaucracy as their form of government.
One of the greatest similarities was how the people worshiped their leaders. Both civilizations saw either the pharaoh or emperor as a descendant of the gods. They believed that the kings had strong links to the gods therefore were almost untouchable. Another way in which they were similar was they both had centralized governments. Both had a main leader who controlled everything causing the government to either be very strong or very week depending on who was ruling.
What was mummification, its significance, and what happened after one was mummified? Religion was a large and crucial part of the Egyptian’s everyday lives. Their religion was based on polytheism, or the worship of many gods and goddesses; they did not believe in only one god. Furthermore, their gods, for the most part, took the forms of half human and half animal of some type. Citizens of ancient Egypt believed in many gods all through the Old Kingdom.