Discuss the major differences and similarities between Sumerian and Egyptian civilization.?

Question

Are the similarities more striking than the differences?

Answer 1

sumerians where the first civilization

Answer 2

They were contemporaries, with Sumeria beginning first (ca.4500 BC), and the Egyptian civilization appx. 4200 BC. Sumeria was in decline by 1500 BC, while Egyptian influence lasted almost to the birth of the Roman Empire (1st Century BC).

Egyptian hieroglyphics came from Sumerian cuneiform writing. They traded with one another, which is how theprecious gem, Lapis Lazuli made it to Egypt, which originated east of Sumeria.

I would say, they had more similarities than differences.

The terrain was somewhat different, as well as their religious structure.