The two earliest settlements and ways of life were the Egyptians and the Mesopotamians. ... In Mesopotamia it was the Tigris and Euphrates and in Egypt it was the Nile. ... One of the biggest similarities between the two cultures was the way that they both ended up building types of pyramids that were built for different reasons but served the same purpose and that was to show respect to the gods. ... In Egypt the people built large pyramids for their pharos and the upper class and was seen as a sign of favoritism to the gods and allowed for a full rebirth into the afterlife... They even...

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