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| What are some similarities between Egypt and Mesopotamia? |
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| Both depended on rivers, both had enviornmetal impact from a rising population |
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| What was different about how Egypt and Mesopotamia depended on rivers? |
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| Mesopotamia had erratic and destructive flooding, Egypt had predictable and less destructive flood |
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| HOw did Egypt and Mesopotamia differ in vulnerability to external attacks? |
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| Egypt was isolated, Mesopotamia not isolated |
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| Why was the Mesopotamian world view more negative? |
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| there was a more violent enviorment |
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| What was the political system of mesopotamia like? |
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| city states, seperately ruled, constant warfare after 2350 BCE |
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| Where did most of Mesopotamian civilization live? |
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| What was the political system of Egypt like? |
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| 3100 BCE- unified and streched 1000 miles along the Nile, maintained unity for 3000 years |
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| god in human form, discredited by Nile's flaiure to flood around 2200 BCE, political instablity until 2000BCE |
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| What were Mesopotamia's cultural influences on Egypt? |
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| wheat, Barley, ziggurats, writing |
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| What were sudan's influences on Egypt? |
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| gourds, watermelons, domesticated donkey and cattle, divine kingship |
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| What two cultures was Egypt a hybrid of? |
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| What long distance trade did Mesopotamia have? |
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| sea trade with Mediterranean and middle east, Trade with Nubia on the Eastern african coast |
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