Similarities and differences between Egypt and Sumeria

Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt are two religions that believed in monotheism. However, they differed in the way they perceived the afterlife and the role they played in the eyes of the gods. Mesopotamians believed did not believe in an after life while the Egyptian did. Mesopotamians also believed that they were created for the amusement of the gods and to do the gods work. While the Egyptians believed that they should have a respect for …

…life is more wretched than on earth. The concepts of the afterlife in these cultures were drastically different. These differences in the belief of the after life shaped the differences in their everyday life. The Egyptians, who believed in the after life, did not fear death. The Sumerians on the other hand did not believe that life after their physical body died would be a happy one so they did not look forward to death.