History- The Ancient World

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History : the ancient world

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This is an essay about the cultures of the Egyptians and the Mesoamericans . These two cultures have been said to have similarities in their way of life , despite their distance from each other . In this easy I try to illustrate a few of the similarities in the two cultures , such as the construction methods , the language , considerations of time and space and other social ways of life . There are also explanations on the differences

that existed in the two areas

History : The ancient world

Introduction

The region occupied by the ancient Aztec and Maya , now commonly referred to as Mesoamerica , is an area encompassing Southern and eastern Mexico all of Guatemala , Belize an El Salvador , western and southern Honduras and the Pacific side of central America as far as the Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica . On the other hand , Egypt is located at the Northern part of Africa , along the Mediterranean ocean . Despite the distance between the geographical location of the two , history shows several similarities in their cultures

Ancient Mesoamerican people and the Egyptians shared a series of cultural traits among the most striking of the two calendars of 260 and 365 days that perpetuate in a great cycle approximating fifty two years language similarities , similar methods of construction , specifically the pyramids . There are also other similarities in their ways of life such as trading and farming among many others . Although the people inhibiting the Mesoamerica area...