their lack of written records.
The Harappans, known for their advanced urban planning and architecture, were similar to the contemporaneous Mesopotamians and Egyptians in terms of societal development. Like the Harappans, these civilizations had organized city layouts, sophisticated trade networks, and complex social structures. Additionally, the Minoans on Crete exhibited similar advancements in trade, art, and architecture, highlighting the parallel growth of early civilizations across different regions.
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The Harappans were careful planners and skilled engineers.
They both based their culture on religion. The Mesopotamians feared their gods because their gods punished them for wrong doings like making the river flood unpredictably. In Egypt, they accepted their gods, but didn't fear them. They viewed the world an consistent and peaceful because that's all they had known. The Nile flooded every year which helped the agriculture. Both civilizations were polytheistic, which means worshipped more than one god. The Mesopotamians followed the Code of Hammurabi, a law system. The egyptians did not have a law system set in stone. The Mesopotamians had a defined social grouping system, while the egyptians did not. There was a social grouping system, but it wasn't as complex or official. Women were held higher in Egypt, but still not as high as the men. Not much about mesopotamian women is known because they were not written about, but we know that they were much lower then men were. In Mesopotamia, the kings represented the gods, while the Egyptian kings were viewed as gods.
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The Harappans, known for their advanced urban planning and architecture, were similar to the contemporaneous Mesopotamians and Egyptians in terms of societal development. Like the Harappans, these civilizations had organized city layouts, sophisticated trade networks, and complex social structures. Additionally, the Minoans on Crete exhibited similar advancements in trade, art, and architecture, highlighting the parallel growth of early civilizations across different regions.
The Egyptians originally wrote the hieroglyphics that are most well known to the world, but the molgols also did, as well as the early mesopotamians.
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The well known horse drawn chariot was first built towards the end of the first century BC. These were not made by the Egyptians, but in fact the Mesopotamians.
The Harappans were careful planners and skilled engineers.
The Mesopotamians
The Harappans were the earliest people to grow COTTON. They spun the cotton and wove it into cloth. Other plants that the Harappans cultivated were barley, wheat, peas, melons, and dates.
Mesopotamians
They both based their culture on religion. The Mesopotamians feared their gods because their gods punished them for wrong doings like making the river flood unpredictably. In Egypt, they accepted their gods, but didn't fear them. They viewed the world an consistent and peaceful because that's all they had known. The Nile flooded every year which helped the agriculture. Both civilizations were polytheistic, which means worshipped more than one god. The Mesopotamians followed the Code of Hammurabi, a law system. The egyptians did not have a law system set in stone. The Mesopotamians had a defined social grouping system, while the egyptians did not. There was a social grouping system, but it wasn't as complex or official. Women were held higher in Egypt, but still not as high as the men. Not much about mesopotamian women is known because they were not written about, but we know that they were much lower then men were. In Mesopotamia, the kings represented the gods, while the Egyptian kings were viewed as gods.
The earliest evidence of a wheel was used by Mesopotamians around 3500 B.C. There is no way to know who specifically invented the wheel. Hope this helps! Source: http://www.nd.edu/~ndmag/w2002-03/wheel.html
the earliest or oldest known system of writing is Cuneiform.
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