G- 1. The location of Egypt affected its development because wind blew North from the Mediterranean Sea to the Nile Valley, which helped them use the Nile River for travel and trade. The Nile River also flooded annually and made the soil fertile, as well as leaving rock deposits that made it easier to build pyramids.
2. Key geographical features in Egypt were the Nile River, the Nile Valley, and the Mediterranean Sea.
R- 1. Religion shaped many aspects of Egyptian society. They believed pharaohs were gods among them, so they treated them like gods and accepted their responsibility of serving them. They even believed that the lives they were living were meant to be spent preparing for the after life, so that’s how they spent them.
2. This religion is similar to modern polytheistic religions today, and other religions where people dedicate their lives to preparing for the afterlife, like hinduism, which is an …show more content…
Most political structures today are very different from ancient Egypt. In ancient Egypt, they used a barter system and had one single person ruling them. The people believed that their Pharaohs were gods, they treated them likes gods and gave them absolute power. This, presumably, left the masses with little power, which is not how most political systems work today. People paid taxes to their government like a lot of countries do today, but they gave the government crops, livestock, or other valuable things instead of money. In exchange, the government organized public things (which is actually very similar to today’s political structures) and kept the people safe.
2. The biggest limitations of the belief system of the ancient Egyptians are the fact that the general public had little say, as the pharaoh had absolute power, and the idea that pharaohs were gods among men kept the general public docile and unquestioning. A benefit of their political structure was their bartering.
E. 1. The Egyptians engaged in trade and bartering as economic
2. Key geographical features in Egypt were the Nile River, the Nile Valley, and the Mediterranean Sea.
R- 1. Religion shaped many aspects of Egyptian society. They believed pharaohs were gods among them, so they treated them like gods and accepted their responsibility of serving them. They even believed that the lives they were living were meant to be spent preparing for the after life, so that’s how they spent them.
2. This religion is similar to modern polytheistic religions today, and other religions where people dedicate their lives to preparing for the afterlife, like hinduism, which is an …show more content…
Most political structures today are very different from ancient Egypt. In ancient Egypt, they used a barter system and had one single person ruling them. The people believed that their Pharaohs were gods, they treated them likes gods and gave them absolute power. This, presumably, left the masses with little power, which is not how most political systems work today. People paid taxes to their government like a lot of countries do today, but they gave the government crops, livestock, or other valuable things instead of money. In exchange, the government organized public things (which is actually very similar to today’s political structures) and kept the people safe.
2. The biggest limitations of the belief system of the ancient Egyptians are the fact that the general public had little say, as the pharaoh had absolute power, and the idea that pharaohs were gods among men kept the general public docile and unquestioning. A benefit of their political structure was their bartering.
E. 1. The Egyptians engaged in trade and bartering as economic