HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Question
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Both relied on a god-given “right to rule”
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Both had god-kings
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Both were very isolated from other civilizations
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Both relied on nobles to rule over large regions
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Detailed explanation-1: -Both also had a writing system to communicate and to keep records of the crops they caultavited. And both made slaves farm for them. Also, they each had water sources; the Egyptians had the Nile River, and the Chinese had the Yellow River. As many know, they both were great for burying their leaders (mummifying).
Detailed explanation-2: -Politically, both Egypt and Mesopotamia had a government with one main ruler, but Egypt had a centralized government with a pharaoh, while Mesopotamia had a decentralized government with a king. Socially, both civilizations were patriarchal, but Egypt was more lenient towards women while Mesopotamia was stricter.
Detailed explanation-3: -Egypt was a theocracy. That means that the pharaoh was both the political and religious leader. The pharaoh had total power.
Detailed explanation-4: -The government of ancient Egypt was a theocratic monarchy as the king ruled by a mandate from the gods, initially was seen as an intermediary between human beings and the divine, and was supposed to represent the gods’ will through the laws passed and policies approved.