Social Classes In Ancient Egypt

The Primary leader of the Government under the Pharaoh was the Vizier. The vizier was the Chief Overseer of the land, almost as a Prime Minister. All the other officials reported into the vizier. The most important vizier was Imhotep, who architected the first pyramids and was later made a god. The Egyptian law stated that the vizier was to 1) act by the law 2) judge fairly and 3) not act willfully

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.

Ancient Egypt was a civilization because it followed most or all of the seven indicators of civilization. The Ancient Egyptian Government was ruled first by a Pharaoh and everyone had to obey the Pharaoh. The Pharaoh was the leader of Egypt and ruled not only by the government, but the religion too. However, the Pharaoh couldn't run the government all by himself, so he had some leaders that helped him. Under the Pharaoh there was the vizier.

Hieroglyphics were a very important part of communication in Ancient Egypt. They were the base of all writing and what we know from the past. The Rosetta Stone was helpful to discovering the language of hieroglyphics. It had the basics of hieroglyphs on it which helped discover what they meant. Scribes were what started hieroglyphics in the first place.

This means that the religion had many gods for different things. In Egypt and Mesopotamia, priests were part of the upper class and were very important in the daily lives of civilians. Priests were part of the upper class because they were thought to have the ability to communicate with the gods. In Mesopotamia, the priests held the highest authority in the religious structure. Egyptian priests were not as powerful in government as Mesopotamian priests were, but they still had significant power.

Also, they write the hieroglyphs on stone or wood. For example, the Rosetta stone with writing on it in two languages Egyptian and Greek, and it was using three scripts hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek. Overall, The Egyptians and Mesopotamians had many similarities in their culture, religion, artwork, architecture, literature. Also,they have some distinct difference as well. Egyptians and Mesopotamians are the two first civilizations.

Each hieroglyph represents a single sound, but as the Egyptians wrote sentences and words they took advantage of the vowels so they are still trying to figure them out today. There are two basic types of hieroglyphs ideograms and phonograms. Often the ideogram and phonogram are the same images. Ideograms phonogram For us to figure out the hieroglyphics they had to be written down first. The Egyptians had to find ways of writing things down so most of the hieroglyphics we find today have either been carved into rock or walls of temples buildings and pyramids.

Egypt had many intricate structures that have made history, but the most important of the designs is their social structure. The society of Egypt was structured as a pyramid with the pharaoh at the top. The elite part of society contains the nobles, priests, viziers, and government officials. Next, soldiers and military are used for protection and to keep order throughout the kingdom. The scribes record and keep records about the kingdom.

Many things we today take for granted would not be possible without the first of civilizations. Two of the oldest civilizations can be found in the regions known as the Nile River Valley and Mesopotamia. These areas bore the largest social structures of their era. Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt have various similarities and differences within their government, cities, social structure, job specification, and religion. The first and often most important definition of a civilization is its government.

The laws and rules of code the ancient Egyptian’s lived by daily also helped them to understand the seemingly ambiguous nature in The Tale of Sinuhe (1875 BC). The Egyptian pyramids were royal tombs for pharaohs. The Great Pyramid is considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The pyramids are said to have built Egypt by being the force that knit together the kingdom's economy. These building projects took a high degree of architectural and engineering skill, and the organization of a large workforce consisting of highly trained craftsmen and laborers.