Read this passage from the analects, an important text containing many of containing many of confucius's words and teachings.

Ancient Egyptian Civilization

Used the wheel to make pottery.

Followed a polytheistic religion.

Located along the Nile River.

Ancient Mesopotamian Civilization

Located between the Tigris river and the Euphrates river.

Potter's wheel came into use once the concept was introduced by foreign invaders.

Explanation:

The ancient Egyptian civilization arose in North Africa, mostly along the Nile river in what is now Egypt. The kingdom arose around 3100 BC when Upper and Lower Egypt were united.

Mesopotamia is a historical region in Western Asia, which is located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. This corresponds to parts of what is now Iraq, Kuwait, Syria, Turkey and Iran. The Sumerians and Akkadians were the dominant cultures of Mesopotamia. It eventually fell to Alexander the Great in 332 BC and became part of the Greek Seleucid Empire.