Similarities

Mesopotamia- buried their dead in cemeteries and believed that gods settled in the temples that they built. Ancient Egypt- buried their dead in tombs under the pyramids and believed that the gods stayed with them in the after life.

Mesopotamia- produced metal for weapons and everyday use. Ancient Egypt- produced and melted gold to use it for jewlery and decoration. -Both the Mesopotamians and Egyptians relied on rivers for their survival, the Tigress and Euphrates rivers belonging to Mesopotamia and the Nile to Egypt. However, the region of Mesopotamia differs in that it is lush, whereas Egypt is mainly a desert with some oases.

-Both cultures had a developed and systematic form of writing, the Mesopotamians having cuneiform and the Egyptians having hieroglyphics.

-Egypt and Mesopotamia both had governments with a single ruler (dictatorship/monarchy) but the way they regarded their rulers differed in that Egyptians believed their pharaohs to be godly while the Mesopotamians felt that the rulers were only messengers for the gods.

-Both made significant developments in mathematical concepts and applied it in the forms of architecture. The people of Mesopotamia invented the arch and column, and the people of Egypt were able to create underground tombs, along with pyramids and obelisks.

-Both cultures relied on irrigation systems to provide them with water.