The Pharaohs: The Ancient Egyptian Government

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The Ancient Egyptian Government was ruled first and foremost by the Pharaoh. The Pharaoh was the supreme leader not just for government also for religion, but the pharaoh couldn’t run it all by himself
The wives of the pharaohs were the second most powerful people of that land after the Pharaohs even tho the most powerful person in Egypt was the pharaohs
The citizens had to pay taxes to support the government http://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_egyptian_government.phprs Most pharaohs went to war when their land was threatened or when they wanted to control foreign lands. If the pharaohs won this battle them the other conquered people had to give them their finest and most valuable goods from their landhttp://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pharaoh/home.html

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