Egyptians by Vaylin Liora Soputro

POLITICS

ananya2026 — 2024-02-26 03:28:07 UTC

Ancient Egypt was ruled by kings called pharaohs. Pharaohs were believed to be gods on Earth, and it was this belief that was the source of their power, also called divine right. A pharaoh's family helped him rule by filling other important offices in the Egyptian government.

Economics

ananya2026 — 2024-02-26 03:28:14 UTC

Agriculture make up major part of ancient Egypts economy. The reason for this is because Egypts has climate which is warm year round and the Nile river yearly flooding which provided Eqyptians with as many as 3 harvest each year. They also had many natural resources including papyrus ,stone ,gold.

SOCIETY

ananya2026 — 2024-02-26 03:28:25 UTC

The principles of Ancient Egyptian society were built based on the goddess Ma’at such as morality, truth, balance, order, harmony, righteousness, and justice.

CULTURE/ART

ananya2026 — 2024-02-26 03:28:33 UTC

Ancient Egyptian art reached considerable sophistication in painting and sculpture, and was both highly stylized and symbolic. Much of the surviving art comes from tombs and monuments; hence, the emphasis on life after death and the preservation of knowledge of the past.

TECHNOLOGY

ananya2026 — 2024-02-26 03:28:53 UTC

Egyptians

vaylinliora2026 — 2024-02-26 03:29:49 UTC

SECURITY/MILITARY

vaylinliora2026 — 2024-02-26 03:32:38 UTC

Fortresses and Outposts

vaylinliora2026 — 2024-02-26 03:38:09 UTC

The Egyptians used fortress and borders along the nile river for protection and make it nearly impossible to cross for the enemies.

Chariots

vaylinliora2026 — 2024-02-26 03:43:57 UTC

Chariots were very effective for their high speed, mobility, and strength.

Foot soliders

vaylinliora2026 — 2024-02-26 03:48:42 UTC

Foot soldiers were equipped with many types of weapons, including shields, spears, cudgels, maces, daggers, and bows and arrows.

RELIGION

sharleen2026 — 2024-02-26 03:51:12 UTC

The Ancient Egyptians worshiped more than 2,000 deities, and even more.

Metal making

ananya2026 — 2024-02-26 03:53:52 UTC

Egyptians discovered it by mixing a small amount of tire ore with copper ore and they could make bronze. Bronze is harder and more durable than other metal of that time. Bronze tools, weapons,armor,building,materials and decorative items have been found.

vaylinliora2026 — 2024-02-26 03:54:47 UTC

Writing

ananya2026 — 2024-02-27 05:21:58 UTC

They were the first groups to write and keep records , the earliest form of Egyptian writing was heiroglyphics which is combined logographic, syllabic,and alphabetic elements and had 1000 distinct characters.

Some of the Egyptian Deities

sharleen2026 — 2024-02-27 05:26:15 UTC

The most well-known Egyptian deities are:

Isis/Eset: Mother of the gods and wife of Osiris; Osiris: The god of judgment of death, also the god of resurrection; Anubis: The god of the dead, also guided the souls of the dead but to the Hall of Truth. Son of Nephthys and Osiris; Amun: God of the sun and air;

Ra/Re: The great god of the sun and merged with Amun to become the supreme sun god; Hathor: Daughter of Ra and basically got drunk because of drinking blood. The goddess of guiding the dead and sky, love, fertility, beauty, and celebration.

Calendar

ananya2026 — 2024-02-27 05:29:17 UTC

The Egyptians devised their highly accurate solar calendar by recording the yearly reappearance of Sirius ( the dog star) star in the eastern sky. When sirius rose it coincided with the yearly flooding of the Nile river. It contained 365 days divided into 12 months .

Too Many Gods?

sharleen2026 — 2024-02-27 05:36:17 UTC

The Egyptians basically made every single aspect of nature a god, which is the reason why there are too many.

Religious Ceremonies

sharleen2026 — 2024-02-27 13:43:23 UTC

In Ancient Egypt, every day and in every single temple, people who were specially chosen were told to perform a ritual related to presenting offerings in form of food, clothing, drinks, and ointments to a deity. They did not consider their deities to be transcendently divine but more to be visible and human-like.

Social Hierarchy

sharleen2026 — 2024-02-27 13:53:14 UTC

Ancient Egyptian society was divided into six social classes in the form of a social pyramid. The order is as follows:

Pharaoh
Government officials
Nobles and priests
Soldiers and scribes
Artisans and merchants
Peasants and slaves