Ancient Egypt had an organized government led by a pharaoh and viziers, they believed in many polytheistic gods and an afterlife, and had a stratified social class system with jobs like farmers, doctors, and embalmers. Mesopotamia, known as the land between two rivers, had walled cities like Ur with ziggurats, kings were responsible for defenses, irrigation, and leading armies, they also had a polytheistic religion and stratified social classes, and developed one of the earliest writing systems using cuneiform.

1. Ancient Egypt

2. Cities

3. Organized Government AND Pharaoh Vizier Vizier Vizier

4. Religion Polytheistic-belief in many gods Isis Osiris Anubis Amen Ra

5. Afterlife

6. Social Classes

7. Job Specialization Farmers Doctors Embalmers Priests Slaves

8. Public Works X

9. Art/Architecture

10. Rosetta Stone Writing System Hieroglyphics & Demotic

11. Mesopotamia Mesopotamia-the land between the two rivers

12. Cities

13. Ur High Walls Ziggurats

14. Government King’s Responsibilities Keep up the walls Make sure irrigation systems work Lead the army

15. Religion polytheistic ziggurats

16. Social Classes King ,royal family, priests merchants, artisans farmers, laborers

17. Art and Architecture

18. Writing System Cuneiform