Ancient Egypt was a civilization that while intelligent, and grand, was still to the mercy of nature. Nature effected their entire way of life. It provided them with food. It affected their systems of belief. And it affected the political system. Despite the likely non-existence of their deities, nature ruled over their lives like said gods.
The egyptians like every other civilization of that period relied heavily on the correct weather to give them the proper food for their survival. They studied these weather patterns and developed a calendar or schedule for their harvest. The calendar what split between three seasons, Akhet, Peret, and Shemu. Akhet was the time of flooding. This was when the river Nile flooded and fertilized the soil so …show more content…
On the other hand if they were to anger the gods then they would suffer their wrath, in the form of bad harvest, severe weather, or wide spread death. Because of the egyptians reliance on their gods they were to the mercy to anyone who claimed power in the name of the gods. These people would proclaim themselves godsend and whoever spoke against them would probably be killed by them, this would end up proving to the general populace that this man was not to be reckoned with and as to not anger the gods, they would put this man in control of their politics, these men were Pharaohs. That being said not all Pharaohs were self proclaimed prophets, many were heir to the throne and many were chosen by the populace to be said leader.
Because of their great reliance on the gods the second highest in command were the high priests. These men were said to be in direct communication with the gods, so as was with the Pharaohs, they were treated with the highest respect. As well as priests, nobles were a very high authority. They were the great landowners of egypt, these were the men that the general labourers paid taxes to, and answered to as they owned the land the labourers lived on.
It’s clear that nature's effects on the people of ancient egypt translated into their agriculture, religion, and politics. As if because of the gods the nature manipulated the people into
The egyptians like every other civilization of that period relied heavily on the correct weather to give them the proper food for their survival. They studied these weather patterns and developed a calendar or schedule for their harvest. The calendar what split between three seasons, Akhet, Peret, and Shemu. Akhet was the time of flooding. This was when the river Nile flooded and fertilized the soil so …show more content…
On the other hand if they were to anger the gods then they would suffer their wrath, in the form of bad harvest, severe weather, or wide spread death. Because of the egyptians reliance on their gods they were to the mercy to anyone who claimed power in the name of the gods. These people would proclaim themselves godsend and whoever spoke against them would probably be killed by them, this would end up proving to the general populace that this man was not to be reckoned with and as to not anger the gods, they would put this man in control of their politics, these men were Pharaohs. That being said not all Pharaohs were self proclaimed prophets, many were heir to the throne and many were chosen by the populace to be said leader.
Because of their great reliance on the gods the second highest in command were the high priests. These men were said to be in direct communication with the gods, so as was with the Pharaohs, they were treated with the highest respect. As well as priests, nobles were a very high authority. They were the great landowners of egypt, these were the men that the general labourers paid taxes to, and answered to as they owned the land the labourers lived on.
It’s clear that nature's effects on the people of ancient egypt translated into their agriculture, religion, and politics. As if because of the gods the nature manipulated the people into