Similarities Between Ancient Egyptian And Chinese Civilization

Throughout early history many civilizations existed. While some early civilizations were short lived, others prospered. One of the most common denominators of successful civilizations was geographical location with respect to a local body of water. Obviously water is important to these civilizations due to humans requiring water to live. Additionally crops and livestock require water to live and grow. The Egyptian and the Chinese civilizations were two early river civilizations that responded to challenges in both similar and different manners.

The Egyptian and Chinese early civilizations shared similarities in how the responded to challenges. Both early Egypt and China like all civilizations have to deal with adversity. Cultures throughout history have utilized faith and hope in the form of religion to persevere during these hard times. Early Egypt practiced polytheism and a belive in an afterlife. Similarly ancient China

Although both ancient civilizations relied on water sources, geographical presented different challenges for each. While Egypt's geography was mostly hills and deserts that allowed them to learn from foreign cultures, their geography forced ancient Egypt to protect themselves from foreign invaders. On the other hand, ancient China was protected by deserts, mountains and the pacific ocean. Although, ancient China did not have to protect themselves from foreign invaders, they were forced to grow on their own culture and education because of this isolationism. Secondly, even though both civilizations relied on Religion for faith and hope ancient Egypt remained polytheistic. However, ancient Chinese beliefs changed from Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism. Finally, every civilization requires laws and rules. While Egypt incorporated judges and pharoah’s to enforce laws, China relied on a family hierarchy known as Filial