Egyptian Culture Synthesis Essay

The Egyptian culture affected by the conquest of territories populated by peoples of different cultures. Egypt was divided to several divisions. It had over thirty-one dynasties for over twenty-seven years. This ended by Alexander the Great’s conquest of Egypt in 332 BCE (Dutton, et.al, 2014). The dynasties were as follows: Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom (Dutton, et.al, 2014). The dynasties were divided and had different beliefs.
King Amenhotep was pushing for the people to believe in one god, but the Egyptians felt that it was important to believe in the polytheist’s side. The gods were as follows; Beetles, reptiles, mammals, plants, and stars (Dutton, et.al, 2014). The Egyptians came together to create composite gods, and some had greater power than others (Dutton, et.al, 2014). The gods that were chosen were Ra, and Ptah. Ra was known in the Old Kingdom, and he was the sun god (Dutton, et.al, 2014). Ptah was known to be the reason why the Egyptians learned to write, and communicate (Dutton, et.al, 2014). Even though Egyptians divided themselves they all came together as one.
The three changes that were introduced into Egyptian society happened more in the political side.
Egypt went through changes in terms of beliefs within the culture. The change started when Amon-Ra, who was the chief creator-god of Egyptians stood up to gain respect by the people from Egypt (Dutton, et.al, 2014). King Amenhotep did not support Amon-Ra (Dutton, et.al, 2014). King Amenhotep is the one who was responsible for building Temple of Luxor in respect of Amon-Ra, and his family (Dutton, et.al, 2014). Ancient Egypt made a change, and it was odd because Egypt was known to be calm and abundant (Dutton, et.al, 2014). Some people do well with change, and others do not adapt to
change. The change moved slowly as King Amenhotep became known as god of Aton. According to Dutton & Harkness & Marchand, pg. 23, “ Aton means a solar deity, the life-giving energy of the sun” (Dutton, et.al, 2014). Aton built the temple called Akhenaton. The goal was to get attention from the people about this change. Not many Egyptians worshipped God Aton because Aton ordered the people to not even talk about Amon-Ra (Dutton, et.al, 2014). This order angered the Egyptians. Aton met King Tutankhaton and gave the king the ability to have power over the country (Dutton, et.al, 2014). Once King Tutankhaton had power over the country he was able to have the Egyptians to have the attitude for the traditional beliefs that Egypt was once known for before these changes came about.