... supply of these rivers in order to have farms and be able to stay in one place and not continue being nomadic herders and wanderers. Egyptian culture relied heavily on the Nile flooding and depositing large amounts of silt and other rich nutrients in order to farm enough food for the people ... subsequent punishment was handed down. One of the biggest similarities between the two cultures was the way that they both ended up building types of pyramids that were built for different reasons but served the same purpose and that was to show respect to the gods. In Mesopotamia they built zigg...

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