Have you ever wondered about Ancient Egypt and its greatest mysteries? Have you ever wondered about the rulers or gods and goddesses? Have you wanted to know more about the wars and weapons that the ancient people used? Have you ever wanted to know why Hatshepsut was pharaoh even though she wasn’t a man? Do you want to know about how Ancient Egyptians worshipped their gods and goddesses? All of these topics are amazing and will interest you. There are different theories on all of these. That’s what makes Ancient Egypt very mysterious. There are a great amount of rulers that people are still searching for today. The Ancient Egyptians were very religious and believed in a countless number of gods and goddesses.…
The Egyptian civilization began to develop near to the Nile River. The Nile River provided the population food and water because of its location in a fertile area in the middle of the desert. Farming began developing along the Nile River around 5000 B.C. Egyptian civilization consolidated about around 3150 B.C. with political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh, Narmer. Ancient Egyptians had a king but referred to him as a Pharaoh which was the most powerful person of Egypt. The pharaoh possessed the power of a god so he was considered the political and religious leader of the Egyptian people. The Pharaoh had two roles which were titled: “Lord of the Two Lands (Ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt)” & “High Priest of Every Temple (Gods on Earth)”. He was provided with own of land, collection of taxes, defense of Egypt, and also, creation of laws. As a God, he did rituals and built temples to honor gods. The huge pyramids built by the workers in Egypt where used as tombs to buried the kings (Pharaohs) with their possessions after death.…
Pharaohs- Are the leader of king of Ancient Egypt and were believed to be gods because they owned all the land and were responsible for their people. They had many jobs such as kings, generals, and religious leaders that were all combined. In religion, the Egyptians believed that their pharaohs would enter an after-life after they died so they built these huge pyramids that were tombs for the pharaoh to rest in and use to get to the after-life world. Objects that buried with the pharaoh would be used in the next world the pharaoh would approach. Also pharaohs had built and ordered huge monuments to show their power and success as the king.…
The Pharaohs ruled over the land and had many helpers to help them run their country like the vizier. The pharaoh's job was to make sure everyone paid taxes and paid their debts. Everyone thought that the pharaoh was the son of the sun god, Re. While they believe this they treated the pharaoh the same way they would treat a god. Other ordinary people didn't get this kind special treatment because they weren't believed to be the son of a god.…
He was also to keep the gods happy so they would a flood the Nile river with water for a plenteous harvest. All the land belong to Pharaoh, but he allowed his citizen to use it because of their loyalty. Government officials were second in class only to Pharaoh, and consisted of members of the royal family, nobles, and priest. Many of these positions were members or closely related to the royal family, in order to keep the royal family close.…
The only person who could overrule the Pharaoh was the gods and goddesses, but other than those people the Pharaoh could do anything that he wanted. The Pharaoh could even go and fight with his soldiers in war. He was on the top of the social pyramid along with the gods, and the rich person out of all the person's in Ancient Egypt, and because he was so important he had the most protection in Ancient Egypt. That is why the Pharaoh is…
Their government was very important to the egyptians. Pharaohs were the kings of egypt, they were also the leader of the government. There was only one Phero that can lead at a time. The pharaohs had an army, police force, ministers, and the most important the viser. The viser helped the pharaoh with anything he needed, he was his right hand man. The Egyptians were good at trading. They traded gold, papyrus, linen, grain, copper, and iron. There was a rule that you were aloud to trade with your neighbor as well. The government was a hard hitting government that had everything…
The Egyptians thought that the Pharaoh was thought to be part god, so the Pharaoh had to communicate to the gods and depending where the town was then that is what god they had to honor. I most laws when you break a law then your whole family will be punished. The Egyptians did this because they thought that if you and your family got punished then you were more likely to not commit a crime again. If Egypt suffer then the Pharaoh has done a bad job but if they survive well then the…
Different regions ruled by different tribal chiefs and kings, after time small kingdoms formed together, this continued until about six thousand years ago, then split into two kingdoms Lower Egypt, and Upper Egypt. About five thousand years ago, the king of upper Egypt led an army to conquer Lower Egypt, and his name was King Narmer. They built a capital on the border between upper, and lower named Memphis. It was ruled by thirty different dynasties five thousands- two hundred-three hundred years ago. Egypt had tremendous economic prosperity and stability. Pyramids were the tomb that were protected by the guards, if you were caught raiding the tomb instant death sentence. When a body was mummified the brain was removed through one of its nostrils, and its intestines were removed, and placed in jars called Caropic. Kings were believed to be chosen by gods to serve as mediators, after their death they would become Osiris ( god of Death) The new pharaoh would become Horus (Falcon God) who served as protector of the sun god. Large portion of population worked as farm workers on the estates of noblemen. Agriculture was their biggest source of wealth, hunting was a leisure activity for the rich. The kings took crops as taxes.As pharoh he had to make sure his people were safe and made a profit, they would either declare war and take their…
Around 5000bce, Mesopotamia consisted of many city-states. These city-states were each ruled by an individual king or leader. The idea of self governing depended of the agriculture territories each region controlled. In contrast, Egyptians had only one ruler, the Pharaoh. The Pharaoh was believed to be a god in human form. Egypt united their country early in history. The rulers wore two crowns symbolizing the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt.…
Ramses II was the son of Seti and is frequently called the greatest pharaoh as he ruled for a long time and was very strong militarily. He was known as the “Great Ancestor” or “Ramses the Great.”…
Akhenaten was the Pharaoh of Egypt for 17 years during the Eighteenth Dynasty which took place from 1352 to 1336 B.C. He was born the son of Amenhotep III and Queen Tyie. His was originally named after his father, Amenhotep IV, but decided to change his name during the fifth year of his reign. During that year he changed his name to Akhenaten, which means “horizon of the sun,” or can also be translated to “He who is of service to Aten.” He had six daughters, Merytaten, Meketaten, Ankhesenpaaten, Neferneferuaten-tasharit, Neferneferure, and Sotepenpre. Akhenaten was also suspected of having two more sons, Smenkhkare who succeeded him on the thrown, and Tutankhamun whom reigned after his brother. Both sons were born from different mothers. His first wife Neferiti, who was renamed to Nefernefruaten by the Pharaoh Akhenaten, which translated, means “beautiful is the beauty of Aten,” was also known as the “great royal wife” during the early years of his reign. He also had 3 consorts during…
These civilizations carried out their role of kingship in very different ways. The Egyptians operated under a centralized government. In egypt the highest religious leader and main authority was the pharaoh. The pharaoh was at the top of all social classes and was recognized to be a god like figure and had an immense power over egyptian society. Egyptian pharaohs were referred to as the sons of Re and the egyptians believed he was a living god on earth. The pharaoh was expected to maintain universal peace and order through his kingship and divine power. The pharaoh ruled through bueaucracy and his highest ranking assistant was a vizier. The pharaoh would lead projects such as pyramids, tombs and statues that covered Egypt.The Mesopotamians had separate, self controlled city state governments. Each city state worked as a separate political and ecommic units so there was less national unity under Mesopotamian governnment. Mesopotamians had a less detinct social hierarchies. Mesopotamia the monarchs are priest kings whom serve the…
According to Egyptian documents the Egyptians loved cats more than anything else. They honored them like we honor the president. The only people in ancient Egypt to have cats were the pharaohs. The pharaohs could not give, trade, or sell their cats to a foreigner. It would be a crime and was not tolerable. If you killed a cat you would be killed by other Egyptians. A roman soldier was once killed for accidently killing a cat. If you accidently kill a cat you would have to fake mourning to trick the other pharaohs into believing you didn't do it. If a cat were to die it would be turned into a mummy and would be buried on top of your coffin.…
According to World Studies: The Ancient World page 246 to 247 Ancient Egypt is in the Northwestern Hemisphere and the 2 continents of Africa and Asia. According to page 76 to 81 Ancient Egypt is run by a government called kingship. Kings were called Pharaohs. Pharaohs are told to be gods that came down to earth. Most Pharaohs are descended from past Pharaohs this is called a dynasty. Pharaohs have absolute power or complete control over the kingdom.…