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Which Bronze-Age civilization would be better to live in: Egypt or Mesopotamia?
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Selected claim, supporting its parent
Egypt had a stronger economy.
Pros
Cons
Pro claim 1, children below
Egypt had a
barter system
based on trading grain, which ensured that everyone had access to food.
Pro claim 2, children below
Egypt had a
system of granaries
for storing and giving out grain to the people, supported by taxes. This made Egyptians more secure from hunger than people in Mesopotamia.
Con claim 1, children below
Mesopotamians, through their sophisticated writing system, were able to
record trade
over long distances. This long-distance trade allowed Mesopotamia to support its scattered populations.
Con claim 2
90% of Egyptians were peasants, meaning they had little money.