Some of the first civilizations are made up of societies that share qualities and have differences. The similarities and differences are what bring them together, and separate them. The Indus River valley and Sumer are the same way, they have similarities that make them close and differences that make them unique. There are many similarities and differences between these two. The Indus River Valley and Sumer have differences between the two such as, religion, political, and their language. They also share many similarities such as, economics, artistics, and social classes.
The Indus River valley and Sumer have differences between the two of them. Those differences are their religion, politics, and their language. The Indus River valley and Sumer’s religion are different because Sumer’s religion was anthropocentric and The Indus River valley had multiple religions such as animalism, buddhism, polytheistic, and jainism. The Indus River valley believed in gods, and achieving liberation for the soul, but Sumer did not believe in worshiping
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These similarities are, economics, artistics, and social classes. The Indus River valley and Sumer both had a trading system. Sumer’s trading system was made easier with their written language. The Indus River valley only used trading, instead of having money they traded goods. The Indus River valley and Sumer both have similarities within the arts. The Indus River valley made small sculptures out of clay, they used these as good luck charms. Sumer also built sculptures however, one of their sculptures was 30ft tall. Last the Indus River valley and Sumer had common social classes. The Indus River valley’s social class consisted of four classes. The first class consisted of priest and kings. The second was made up of rulers, aristocrats and warriors. The third was merchants and artisans. The last class was peasants and