Review the ways that geography shaped Egyptian culture. Compare Egyptian geography with that of Mesopotamia, noting the latter's violent flooding, temperature extremes, lack of natural barriers, and scarcity of building stone. How might these have created a culture different from that in Egypt?
Egyptian geography contains mostly two things and that is the Nile which is where life in Egypt was centered. The Nile was very important as it sustained life in Egypt. They even had gods dedicated to it. The other geographical component of Egypt was the arid mountains and desert places. This is were they obtained rocks to make great structures and an example would be the pyramids.
On the other hand the Mesopotamia culture was centered in between the two great rivers of the Tigris and Euphrates. These two rivers provided great fertile soil and plenty of water. But the down side to this was that the rivers were unpredictable sometimes there would be sever flooding. Because this area was centered in and around the two rivers there wasn't great mountains and quarries that they could get rocks to make great structures.
This main difference between the Egyptians culture as compared to the Mesopotamians would be the Egyptians having stone and the Mesopotamians not having stone. For instance in Egypt the presence of stone led to the development of the great structures such as the pyramids, sphinx's and the temples. On the other hand the Mesopotamians didn't have stone so they could only build structures such as small wooden structures like the votive figures and the standard of Ur.
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