How did the social and political structure of the Nile River Valley civilization compare with the Mesopotamian civilization?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Social Structure
1. Belief in gods and deities
a. Egypt's kings were considered divine and Mesopotamian cities were built around sacred deities
2. Specialization
a. people could devote themselves exclusively to particular crafts and trades
b. women tended to be subordinate to men
c. a shift from matrilineal to patrilineal descent
B. Political Structure
1. Cities
a. Egypt's people were spread throughout the region but Mesopotamia had great cities like Sumer
2. Strong states exercising minute control over their subjects' lives
a. could compel subjects to farm more land in order to produce a surplus for trade, war, or feasts
b. placed the lives and labor of the inhabitants at the disposal of the state
4. Political differences
a. Egypt was a single state under a single ruler and Mesopotamia was divided into many small rival kingdoms called city-states
b. Mesopotamian kings were not gods and developed their own law codes
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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