What Is Ancient Egypt

Egypt, one of the greatest civilizations in the world is now just a memory. What we know about Egypt comes from their monuments that are still standing today, what they painted on the walls, what they documented, and what we are able to infer. We learned everything from what was left behind. Egypt is located in the Middle East next to the famous Nile river. Just like any civilization it learned to adapt to its surroundings. The sand soil was too unfertile to use, but the Egyptians found out that when the Nile flooded that it brought thick, rich mud that was great for farming. After that the Egyptians grew their farms along the river. The river gave food surpluses to the Egyptians by not just giving them more than adequate farming, but an excellent hunting ground between the fish and the birds that prospered there.
The Nile was also an enormous help to their economy. The river gave for great transportation that in turn helped …show more content…
The top of the Hierarchy scale is the Pharaoh. The Pharaoh was what would have been called a King in other civilizations. The Pharaoh was thought to be one of the Gods, but also human, making the society a theocracy. The second highest status on their hierarchy scale were the priests which were also the nobles, next were the soldiers, then the scribes, the fifth on the hierarchy scale are the merchants, next the farmers, then finally the slaves or servants, which was normally the people they captured from the civilizations they conquered.
The government was given power through the society. The Pharaoh just like a king was given all the power to do as he or she wished, also making the government a theocracy and making it go through heredity rule. A heredity rule being the status of the Pharaoh passed down through the blood line. The government was also what is called a bureaucracy, which is a system of governments that includes departments and levels of