Mesopotamian and Egyptian Imperial Systems, 3000-1100 BC

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…the ideals and beliefs that they embraced as their won made them the unique and thriving cultures that they were, and led them to persevere as long as they did. It is important to see the bigger picture, that people, no matter the location and time, have the same basic needs and desires, and the only thing that time has shown are the different methods that people have gone about in achieving those same goals.