For a few thousand years most of what people did was hunting and gathering. Than they started to do farming which was a great way to feed more people. The Egyptians lived by the Nile and the soil was fertile, so it was good for farming. Once they started farming there was more population because they could feed more. With more people the civilization started to become more complex. Then, as Egypt started to become more complex the seven indicators were used.
One way that ancient Egypt was complex was that they had a method of keeping records. The ancient Egyptians had a very complicated method of keeping records. Hieroglyphs were very complicated. The first type of writing in ancient Egypt was hieroglyphs. They would keep track of trade and
…show more content…
There was an upper and lower class in ancient Egypt. The pharaohs, viziers, nobles or high priests, officials, and scribes made up the upper class of Egypt. The pharaoh was the most important person in all of Egypt. He was worshiped as a leader and also as a god. After the pharaoh was the viziers. The viziers served the pharaohs. Then there was the nobles. The nobles were the overseers of the pharaoh. The officials and the nobles had similar jobs. They would collect the taxes. Lastly there was the scribes. The scribes kept record of everything in Ancient Egypt. They would record taxes and keep record of trade. Those are the people that make up the upper class of Egypt. The artisans, farmers, and peasants made up the lower class.The artisans worked in workshops. They were also known as craftsmen. The farmers would try to save money so that they could send their children to get an education. The farmers would pay their taxes in grain instead of money. Most ancient Egyptians were peasants. The peasants, took care of their animals, hunted, fished, turned wheat into bread, and made clothes. The slaves did most of the work in ancient Egypt. According to History For Kids, the slaves were a major part of the Egyptian culture and the slaves were forced to do any labor by their owner. Slaves were known as property instead of people. When giving out punishments most people would get a hand cut off as a punishment but a …show more content…
There were regular cities and capital cities. The largest and most important cities in Egypt were called capital cities. The first capital city was Thinis. Memphis, Tanis, Sais, and Alexandria are some of the other capital cities. The center of the city was a temple. The temples took up most of the city. The houses around the temple were the pharaoh's officials homes. The cities were usually named after the god of the city. Egypt was split up into two parts. Upper and lower Egypt. The cities that were closest to the Mediterranean Sea was the lower part.The cities farther south was upper Egypt. Memphis, Saqqara, Giza and Rosetta were a few cities located in lower Egypt. Memphis was the capital of the old kingdom. Almost 20 pharaohs built their pyramid in Saqqara. Giza is famous for the pyramids that are located there. Rosetta is where the famous Rosetta stone is found. The stone was essential to translating hieroglyphs. Aswan, Thebes, and Abydos were a few cities in upper Egypt. Aswan is where the temple of Isis is located and the rock temples of Rameses II and Queen Nefertari. Thebes is one of the most famous cities and is the capital of the middle and new kingdom. Abydos was one of the holiest cities in Egypt because the god Osiris is believed to be buried
The development of cities is essential in the development of a civilization. Egypt’s cities began close to the Nile River. The Nile ran directly through the land and was the main attraction to settlers. It flooded every year, and in doing so, it fertilized the ground and allowed the growth
The nobles, free clients of the nobility, commoners and slaves and slave women all made up the different classes. The men dominated the women in Mesopotamia. The nobles consisted of the king, his family, the chief priests, and high palace officials. The king was a war leader elected by the citizens. He established an army and led it into battle.
Ancient Egypt was a complex civilization because it had all of the important civilization indicators, Every complex society has a government the Government In Ancient Egypt the king was known as the pharaoh. The pharaoh was the most powerful person in Egypt what the pharaoh did was he made the laws, Collected taxes, and he was the political leader. The pharaoh was called the Lord of Two lands because he was the ruler of Upper and Lowers Egypt since he was the king he owned all the land in Egypt. The government was a well respected and organized government. Ancient Egypt could not achieve much without all the levels cooperating together.
When a member of the Egyptian royal family became pharaoh, he became much more than ruler of a mighty empire, he ascended to the rank of god. This position allowed the pharaoh to commission monuments to himself and to his reign, controls his subjects regardless of their rank, and maintain Egypt’s status among her enemies. Just as in any hierarchical governmental system, the pharaoh treated different classes of individuals and groups in different ways from the austere priest to the lowly peasant. The them, Pharaoh was a god and he would allow no one to forget that fact; but to him, the world was below him and he treated each group accordingly. This is illustrated in some of the few surviving works from the Egyptian dynastic periods. Through personal letters, official government correspondence, and fiction, a broad picture can be painted as to how the pharaoh interacted with his people and how they reacted towards him.
Although the people living in Egypt had houses, pets, crops, and jewelry nothing was theirs, the government or the pharaoh owned everything. I think that it seems unfair to the people that they couldn’t even own one measly thing. Being the pharaoh and a descendant of the god the pharaoh owned everything and practically owned all of ancient Egypt. Pharaoh...
Society-Peasants and farmers made up the bulk of the population however the land was owned by the pharaoh or one of the temples which were very wealthy. Peasants were also subjected to tax labor and were at times required to do public projects such as irrigation or construction
During Ancient Egypt most people were farmers. Ancient Egyptians placed great care in the way they looked. Because of this, most people bathed in the Nile river, for soap they used animal fat and chalk mixed together. For cleanliness, men shaved their entire bodies. Linen sheets were bleached white and used as clothing. Men and women of higher class wore cosmetics, wigs, and jewelry. Children from the age of 1 month to 12 years old went without clothing. At this age males were expected to shave their heads. Mothers stayed home and took care of children, cooked, and cleaned, at the meantime their husbands were out to provide yah family's
Egypt was one of the first River Valley Civilizations. In Egypt there were big advances in art, math and science and also pottery. We still use the same number system and they even had fractions back in that time. During the Old Kingdom times the pyramids were built. The pyramids were tombs for the pharaohs of Egypt. These pyramids are one of the most popular historical sites in the world.
Most Egyptians were farmers. The river Nile encouraged agriculture by providing a source of irrigation and also fertile black soil. Agriculture created most of Egypt’s wealth. Grain, vegetables, fruit, cattle, goats, pigs and fowl were grown, and fish from the Nile were caught, and eventual surpluses, after deduction of the various taxes, were sold on the markets. The main crops grown in Egypt were wheat, barley, lettuce, beans, onions, figs, dates, grapes, melons, and cucumbers. The pharaoh was the controller of the jobs.
Ancient Egypt was a single tightly organized state for much of its history (Centanni, n.d.). In all its phases, the Egyptian government was led by the pharaoh. The pharaoh was held to be descended from gods, with the power to assure success and control the rituals that assured the flow of the Nile and the fertility derived from irrigation. Wanting gods to favor Egypt, the entire population of people did not hesitate to carry out laws that the pharaoh placed upon them. Egypt’s pharaohs claimed additional power and authority as actual incarnations of the gods
The early Dynastic Period was Egypt?s era of initial unification and state building under the guidelines of its first three royal dynasties. In the years between 2660 and 2180 B. C. the basic marks of the cultures of Egypt arose. Egypt was one kingdom and it was divided into provinces, or the names of provinces. Ruling over the kingdom was a pharaoh, who was not only a king but was also seen as a god. Provinces were ruled by nomarchs better known as provincial governors. The Egyptians devised themselves into classes, upper class, middle class, and a lower class. The pharaoh and his family were at the top of the Egyptian class system. People could move from one class to another depending on their situations.
Egyptians cherished family life the way we cherish food or money. Children were considered a blessing. They prayed for them and used magic to have children, but if a couple could not conceive they adopted. Men were the head of the household and the oldest son inherited everything of the father’s. Egyptian women were to obey their fathers and husbands, but were equal in many other ways. For example, women could have jobs, some rights in court cases, and they were able to own land. Women were also allowed to own businesses. Only noble women, however, could be priestesses. The women raised the children and took care of the house. Wealthy families would hire maids and nannies to do such things. Divorce was not common in Ancient Egypt, though it was an option. Problems were talked about between families, and if they could not be settled a divorce would take place. Some women became rulers but only in secret. The only woman who ruled as a pharaoh in the open was Queen Hatsheput. Ordinary men normally had one wife, while pharaohs and kings had several. Most marriages were arranged by parents. Most girls married at age twelve while boys were usually a little older.
The social class in the civilization rated from the Pharaoh, vizier to nobles to craftsmen to farmers to slaves. There was job specialization as in farming and craftsmen, there were slaves but they were basically property to the Pharaoh. The civilization of Ancient Egypt is one of the most dominant civilization of its time. The creativity and distinctiveness of its well-known architecture and artwork was primary to their
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. Merchants, artisans, and farmers are a large section of the pyramid. They supply the kingdom with food, money, and jobs. Last, slaves and servants are their to help and support the people above them. Each part of society has their role to benefit the kingdom as a whole. The pharaoh is at the top of the pyramid and must control all of society.
There are many valid points to be made in Ancient Egyptian agriculture. Irrigation, ploughing and planting, harvesting, and of course, crops. These will be some of the subtopics I will be touching upon in this essay of ancient Egyptian agriculture.