Compare/Contrast Ancient Civs

Higher Thinking 1

Purpose

• This presentation will Compare and Contrasts ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Indus social, political, and economic structures of ancient civilizations.

Comparison Social StructureMesopotamia Egypt Indus

Each of these civilizations had slaves.Each of these civilizations had farmers, merchants, artists, painters.Each of these civilizations had Nobles, Kings, rulers, priests, commoners.

Contrast Social Structure

Mesopotamia Egypt Indus

Mesopotamian king was the Pharaoh considered a High Priest God

Layne Carter, “Ancient Mesopotamia” from www.cartershistories.com

Conclusion

• Take a position of why were these civilizations similar in their social, political, and economic structures?

• Why were they different