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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 …

…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.