2 civilizations comparisons

The Indus River Valley was a unique ancient civilization and it stood out from the Egyptian civilization in a few ways. One way was the systematic grid pattern of the cities layout that the Indus Valley had. The Indus River Valley also had substantial walls made from mud bricks. This contrasts from the Egyptian layout of cities. For the most part the cities were spread out on a line, mostly following the Nile river. Another difference is the writings in these ancient civilizations. In the Indus Valley, pictographs was used for writing. A fish would typically be drawn as a fish. In Egypt, hieroglyphs were used and these were a series of signs that were used as words and consonants. The picture drawn was not the actual representation. The last major difference between these two civilizations was the hierarchy of them. In the Indus River Valley there does not seem to be some social structure or hierarchy. In ancient Egypt there was a major hierarchy starting with the Pharaoh and working its way down to slaves. Both of these civilizations were fairly successful despite there many differences.