Egypt and Mesopotmian Essay Help! (hieroglyphics & cuneiform)?

Hello Yahoo Answerers, any ideas on what I should write for my Linguistic (Study of Language) Paper about Egypt & Mesopotamia? I have to choose five main things. I can either compare and contrast, or just Discuss 5 major similarities. It was alot of info with the cuneiform for me, so thats why i am asking for you alls opinion :)