Social Life In Ancient Egypt: Middle And New Kingdoms

Have you ever stopped and thought about how great the Egyptians really were? Egypt was so important because the way they lived their life shaped our daily life and we have almost identical social life. During the time periods of the Middle and New Kingdoms Egypt had massive control and were no doubt the greatest civilization.

The Middle Kingdom displayed just how superior Egypt was then the rest of the world. Egypt was in a state of chaos after the Old Kingdom fell, then the almighty Ahmose, Mentuhotep rose to power and began the Middle Kingdom. He had all of Egypt under his rule without questioning which creates stability. When Egypt was under control under foreign rulers Ahmose drove them out of Egypt. The civilization regained their power having power once again showing their strength.

Egyptians reached the maximum power in the New Kingdom. If Egypt was to build an empire, protection was a necessity which led them to new conquering new lands. Their conquests were forced to send expensive gifts. Ramses was extremely aggressive and attacked to gain land. New lands brought new trade. This just shows how much authority Egypt had throughout their glory. No other civilizations did as much as they did in spans of short times.

With all the changing Egyptian social life stayed the same. On top of the social class was the pharaoh but there was no one more honored than scribes. In the middle were the skilled workers and on the bottom were farmers and slaves. Having a social hierarchy just shows how Egypt was ahead of it’s time. This shows how much everyone paid and the people who had important jobs were admired. If there was no social scale, then no one would be worshipped as they in their respective