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Ancient Civilizations Comparison Chart
Ancient Civilizations Comparison Chart
Civilization
Mesopotamia Ancient Egypt Indus Valley
Geography The valleys It was centered Located near the
between the Himalayan’s
around The Mountains. A
Tigris and
Euphrates rivers Nile river and Near the Ganges
subcontinent.
Sahara Desert and Indus River
Cities Ur Harappa
Cairo Mehgarh
Assyria
Persia Móchennos-daro
Leaders
Ramses, King
Tutankhamen
Nebuchanezzar
Text
Laws or Moral
Codes Hammurabi The Pharoahs
laws
Government
Monarchy
Theocracy
Social Class Kings and
priest Pharaoh
Priest and nobles
Artesian and Traders and artisans
Farmers
Merchants Unskilled workers
Enslaved
Religion Hapi and
Polytheism Isis Book Hinduism and
Buddhism
of the
Dead
Writing System
The writing is
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics still mysterious
Buildings
The ziggurats The pyramids
Accomplishments
The number The
system purification Text
of the
mummies