The Socialization Of Ancient Egypt As An Organized Civilization

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Ancient Egypt was an organized civilization. They showed an organized civilization with the very important seven indicators.

The Ancient Egypt Government had been ruled by a Pharaoh. The Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt was a political and very religious leader the Egyptians. As he would like to be called “High Priest of Every Temple”, the Pharaoh represented gods on earth. The Pharaoh would perform rituals and build temples to honor the gods. Since he was very religious, he would do anything the gods would have did. Many pharaohs went to war, even though they were the highest class. They had their land threatened many times for controlling other countries.
The government seemed to be inseparable from Ancient Egypt. Through the construction …show more content…

Both kingdoms had different religions. When the two kingdoms became one kingdom, many religious beliefs and cultures were combined together. Ancient Egyptian civilization lasted over 3,000 years. During that 3,000 years, many beliefs and customs changed. The Egyptians were influenced as well. They were influenced by their main source of life, which was the Nile River.
Central to Egyptian religion was called “Maat” - the rightful owner of this universe! “Maat” was established by the gods at the beginning of time. Maat was harsh to human life and included truthful, justified, and moderated ideas. If Maat got lost, things in Ancient Egypt would get chaotic. What I mean by that is all the Egyptians looked up to Maat. “Isfet”, peaceful years were credited to the presence of Maat, where years of civil unrest were blamed on Isfet.

The Ancient Egyptians built pyramids, tombs, temples, and palaces out of stone, the most durable material out of all. Even though earthquakes, wars, and forces of nature have been taken their toll, the remains of Egypt’s monumental architectural achievements are seen across Egypt; a tribute to the greatness of Egypt’s civilization. Apart from the plain old pyramids, Egyptian building was decorated with paintings, carvings of people, animals, and much more, and three-dimensional …show more content…

In the earliest years of Egypt, there were two ‘kingdoms’ that operated like two different countries. Each had a ruler and their own religious beliefs and ways of doing things. After the two kingdoms were united, they became a lot more organized and over the years developed a system of what is called a ‘hierarchy’. This was a class system and each person living in ancient Egypt knew where they existed in the system and had specific rights of that class.

Ancient Egypt couldn’t live without record keeping. But only a few knew how to read and write, which were the scribes. But how did they write the things they needed to know without trees, which made paper?! Well, they used papyrus seeds to make papyrus. The writing they used was called hieroglyphics. Hierographics helped the Egyptians learn what the easiest words like dog, cat, mom, dad, and more. Hieroglyphics got its name from the true meaning of both words: Hiero meaning Holy, and Glyphic meaning Writing.
Writings came from people called scribes. To become a scribe, you have to go to a special school to learn important things. At this school, you learn how to read and write hieroglyphics and hieratic scripts. Students that attended the scribe school spent loads of time practicing all of the signs and copying every single one onto papyrus, limestone, and pottery

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