Egypt and Mesopotamia are both river valley civilizations. Rivers help sustain civilization because the land around rivers supplies rich soil and large quantities of crops. A growth of crops allows cities to expand. Because of this Both Egypt and Mesopotamia created their own forms of government. Egypt and Mesopotamia were both polytheistic; however they had different cultures and different ways of worshiping their gods. The social classes were basically the same in Egypt and Mesopotamia …showed first 75 words of 367 total…

…showed last 75 words of 367 total…land" and in charge of government bureaucracy. Egyptians believed in afterlife, so when you died you would go through a process of mummification to preserve your body. Pharaohs got pyramids built for them when they died, and their valuables were kept there with them. Like Mesopotamians, the Egyptians also created a writing system. It was known as hieroglyphics, meaning "priest-carvings" or "sacred writings." It was written on papyrus instead of clay tablets like the Egyptians.