Ancient Egypt's Social Monarchy

Egypt’s timeframe was between 2575 b.c to 1075 b.c. Egypt had three timeframes of important eras. The Old Kingdom, The Middle Kingdom, And The New Kingdom. The Old Kingdom was from 2572 b.c to 2130 b.c. The Middle Kingdom was from 1938 b.c to 1630 b.c. The final Kingdom, The New Kingdom, was from 1539 b.c to 1075 b.c. Egypt is a sun-baked desert that stretches across North Africa. It contains the world’s longest river, the Nile River. The river is more than ten miles long. Along the Nile, there is a narrow stretch of land. Egypt has rich, irrigated, fertile soil, Known as the Black Land. Egypt’s social hierarchy includes six levels of grouping. The highest group is known as the Pharaohs, or the Royal Family. This group consists of the wealthy, …show more content…
The head of the government was the Pharaoh. Viziers were also part of the government. They had a system of bureaucracy. Most egyptians didn’t have a say in how they were governed. Since the Pharaoh was in charge on the government, that created a system of theocracy. Egyptians were polytheistic. They Believed in an afterlife. As a result, believing in after-life caused Egyptians to perfect the skill of mummification. They mummified dead bodies to preserve their soul in tightly wrapped cloth. Pharaoh was considered as a God. He was head of the government and religious matters. The economy had to deal with farming, trading, and conquering. Most men and women spent their daily lives farming. The Nile provided a good irrigation system for farming. It also provided trade routes. Egyptians were able to trade and exchange products with Africa, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean region. The Egyptians had created a large empire. Their empire reached from as far as north of Syria to the Euphrates River. After conquering those territories, they were also able to become in great contact with southwestern Asia and other parts of