In what ways were mesopotamian and egyptian civilizations shaped by their interactions with near and distant neighbors?
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While Mesopotamia and Egypt were two primitive societies, one thing that helped them were their interaction. These interactions help the societies develop faster and thrive. If these primitive societies had more interaction with neighbors, they could copy/imitate technological advances and or culture. Also, there would be more competition and war. Finally, societies with only one or two resources could trade for a bigger variety of resources.

Early 18th century british industries were generally small scale and relatively unsophisticated. most textile production, for example, was centred on small workshops or in the homes of spinners, weavers and dyers: a literal ‘cottage industry’ that involved thousands of individual manufacturers. such small-scale production was also a feature of most other industries, with different regions specialising in different products: metal production in the midlands, for example, and coal mining in the north-east.two illustrations of 18t