WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The religions in both Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt were polytheistic, meaning they believed in multiple gods and goddesses, and were based on nature. Both civilizations had gods of the sky, earth, freshwater, and the sun, as well as gods devoted to human emotions and the underworld.

Detailed explanation-2: -Their religions were polytheistic because Mesopotamians and Egyptians could not explain many things in that occurred in their lives. Therefore, they assumed that there are different gods for everything. This means that the religion had many gods for different things.

Detailed explanation-3: -The religion of Ancient Egypt was a polytheistic (many gods) religion with one short period of monotheism (one god). Their religion hosted about 700 different gods and goddesses. In addition, it was not uncommon for deities to be combined to form a new deity.

Detailed explanation-4: -Similarities between Egypt and Mesopotamia include the fact that they were early societies located in the Near East, developed writing systems, were located near major rivers, and had hierarchical social structures, as well as polytheistic religions.