As mentioned, there were many different types of artisans in Mesopotamia and Egypt, but their style of art varied. Ancient Egyptian art includes paintings, wooden sculptures, ceramics, papyrus drawings, jewelry, and other artistic media showing a representation of the social and economic status and belief systems of Egypt ancient. Much of the surviving Egyptian art comes from tombs and monuments. This emphasized life after death and the preservation of knowledge of the past (“Art of Ancient Egypt,” n.d.). The art of the Mesopotamian people rivaled that of Egyptian art as the greatest, sophisticated and elaborate from the 4th millennium BC until the 6th century BC. Much Mesopotamian art has not survived, but from what is available we know that their art consisted of cylinder seals, small figures, and reliefs. Their art showed deities, alone or with worshipers, and animals repeated in rows, alone, fighting (“Art of Mesopotamia,” n.d.). The last topic we need to address is the innovations of Mesopotamia and Egypt. Mesopotamia was often called "the cradle of civilization" for many good reasons such as writing, agriculture and weather. The Sumerians developed the first form of writing called “cuneiform.” This type of writing was primarily used in commerce, where merchants could record information relating to a trade. The Mesopotamians also used writing to record astronomy. Agriculture was another big step. Farmers grew wheat, barley, and many other foods. With the Tigris and Euphrates surrounding Mesopotamia, this made irrigation and agriculture much easier. The most common thing to date was created by the Mesopotamians, time, where they decided to divide the units of time into 60 parts (Adhikari, 2014-2016). The Egyptians also created some pretty amazing things, like paper, ink, and makeup. The Egyptians made paper with the inside of a