How did the first Mesoamerican civilizations differ from early Middle Eastern civilizations?

the answer is the government.

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women in ancient egypt had many legal rights, including the right to own property and businesses.

the romans were initially interested in expansion via sicily (which at that time was a cultural melting pot), part of which lay under carthaginian control. at the start of the first punic war (264-241 bc), carthage was the dominant power of the western mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire