Bureaucracy In Ancient Egypt

Egypt is located near the Nile River. Egypt is right under the Mediterranean Sea and directly west of the Red Sea. It is located at the top of Africa. They chose this location because it is near an abundance of water. Egypt’s main water source is the Nile River. They often traded with Nubia (also known as Kush) due to them being conveniently close to Egypt.
Egypt’s government was focused on heredity rule. Heredity rule is a form of government where the power is passed from father to son and remains within the family. They also practiced theocracy which is when the ruler is also seen as a god. A ruler of Egypt is called a Pharaoh and is seen a one of their many gods. Some of the Pharaohs are Hatshepsut, Thutmose III, and Ramses II. Hatshepsut was the first female Pharaoh. Egypt also practiced bureaucracy. Bureaucracy is a form a government that includes departments and levels of authority.
Egypt’s economy mostly consisted of farming, trading, and conquering. Due to their location, Egypt had a considerable amount of water from the Nile River. With this water, they could farm easier than if they did not have much water. They mostly traded with Nubia who happened to live near Egypt. Of
course, this made it all the more convenient to trade with Nubia. Egypt also conquered other civilizations for control over more land.
Egypt used a system of hierarchy to separate the different classes of Egypt. A hierarchy is an organization in which people are ranked according to their status or authority. The highest rank of the hierarchy was the Pharaoh. It then went down to aristocrats being the second highest rank, viziers being the third, merchants, artisans, soldiers, and scribes being the fourth, peasants being the fifth, then slaves being the last. The aristocrats were also known as nobles who were landowners. The viziers supervised the government and the slaves were prisoners of war criminals, and debtors. A debtor is someone who owes money to someone else.
The Egyptians were believed in polytheism.
Polytheism is the belief in many gods and goddesses. They also believed many things about afterlife. The Egyptians believed that whatever was buried with the the body would be in their afterlife. Some people even volunteered to die and be buried with the body so they could be in the deceased's afterlife. This action was considered an honor in the culture of Egypt. The Egyptians even mummified the dead body. Mummification is the preservation of dead bodies for burial. The Pharaoh of the Egyptians was considered a god or goddess. This was very common during this age and is known now as theocracy. The Pharaoh always got the best burial and treatment when they died since they were the highest class in their hierarchy
system.
The Egyptians had many achievements and a very advanced society. They built the pyramids, which are tombs for the dead, they also built the Sphinx and used hieroglyphics. If a Pharaoh died, the Egyptians would dedicate one pyramid to him or her. When somebody in the lower classes of the hierarchy system died, they were buried with a lot of other people in one pyramid. Hieroglyphics was there language and consisted of different pictures that mean different things. They also created the Rosetta Stone. This was a stone that stated a decree in three different languages. The Egyptians also invented mummification, math and astronomy, and medicine.
Ancient Egypt was founded in 2575 B.C. and ended in 1075 B.C. This timeframe is split into three sections. These sections being the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom.