The Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations were maritime or sea-going and trading economies. The Mesopotamian civilizations were primarily land locked and dependent upon agricultural economies along with land based trade routes.
Answer: 1) geographically European, 2) the "bridge" between Egyptian civilization and Greek ancient civilization, 3) both destroyed by natural distaster (at least partly) which cannot be said about Mesopotamia because in Mesopotamia there many civilization following one after another (Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian ...), 4) Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations had their writing different from that which existed in Mesopotamia.
Explanation: cuineiform writing (the oldest known writing) belongs to Mesopotamia whereas Minoan and Mycenaean cultures used so-called linear writing A and B.
The Egyptian Arts experienced a ‘golden age’ during the
Middle Kingdom through sculpture in which when they undergo through this art, they
likely made use and work and gold and silver in which led the golden age
because it has flourished.
