Was Ancient Egypt A Civilization

Was Ancient Egypt a civilization? Ancient Egypt was a civilization because they followed almost to all of the seven indicators. Some of the indicators that they followed was Government, Religion, Skills and Jobs, Social Classes, and cities.

First, Government was the building blocks for the ancient egyptians, the different places in government also held your social class. In the Ancient Egypt times, the Pharaoh was the head of the government and religion, but the Pharaoh could not run the government and religion on his own, so he had people that worked for him to do stuff he had no time to do, and these people were below him in the social classes. Religion and government brought order to society through the construction of temples, the creation of laws, taxation, the organization of labour, trade with neighbours and the defence of the country's interests.

Second, religion was also one of the big building blocks in the egyptians life and pharaoh held the top of the government and the religion, and because of this he was called ‘Lord of the Two Lands’ and ‘High priest of every temple” the Pharaoh was the one that represented the gods on Earth. He did rituals and built temples to honour the gods …show more content…
the pharaoh was the top next, was the viziers than, the heads of the bureaucracy. Under them were the high priests, followed by royal overseers who ensured that the 42 district governors carried out the pharaoh's orders. At the bottom of the hierarchy were the scribes, artisans, farmers and labourers, but slaves were the lowest class of all, In egypt , some people become slaves because they committed a crime or not paying a bill or debt, but most slaves were taken during war. Once the pharaoh said "I carried away those whom my sword spared, as numerous captives, like birds before my horses, [with] their wives and their children by the