Egypt: Environmental, Government And Religious Beliefs

Egypt

Let’s start with the name Egypt, the name “ Egypt” is from a Greek Aegyptos which was the pronunciation of an Egyptian name. Egypt, a country located in North Africa and part of the Mediterranean Sea. When it comes to an equipped society, Egypt was an early society that had the best structure and was best organized in every aspect. Throughout the essay it will be explained why Egypt was the best equipped early society in its environmental, government and religious beliefs.

First Egypt’s natural environment, it was centred on the Nile Valley in the Sahara which was considered Africa’s largest desert. The environment had a lot to do with how people lived and how people moved due to the climate conditions. When it comes to civilization it was one of the longest living civilizations for more than 3,000 years. The environment will help the people basically live as they had both heat and rain showers. They were able to have light and sun as well as water and plants and animals. The Nile river was also used as transportation, and helped with protection from other people and attacks as the Nile river would create natural barriers. They also had very good natural resources that helped them defend themselves and survive. They had plants which was used to survive as it can be used for more than food. They also had flint which was a stone that they would use to make sickles that they would use for the crops or as weapons to protect themselves. The Nile river would provide everything they needed to live a good life and this is why when it comes to environmental needs Egypt was very well equipped.

Second Egypt’s Government, Egypt’s government was a theocratic monarchy meaning a god is recognized as a the supreme civil ruler. The Kings would rule by the rules of the gods. The government will show the connection between the gods and the humans through the rules and laws passed. Varies Kings would unify the country a lot. When it comes to Egypt’s government, it was hand and hand with religion the government was basically ran through religious beliefs. The Pharaoh was Egypt’s ruler he was the supreme leader of the government. However, he was not only the supreme leader of the government but of the religion as well. Pharaoh, had rulers under him helped him run the different aspects of the government there was Vizier which was just below Pharaoh. The vizier is a prime minister in modern time. There was also the Nonmarks they would look over the areas of land which were called nomes. The Nonmarks are local governors in modern time. Finally, they had the other officials that would be considered the army commander, minister of public works and the chief treasure. They would all have different responsibilities with the government however they could not do anything without Pharaoh’s agreement. When it comes to the government, Egypt was very well structured and was ready for the next thing to come. There laws were not complicated, the rulers would judge using common sense to gain mutual agreements.

Third , Egypt’s Religious beliefs, Religion was the most important thing in Egypt basically religion ruled everything in Egypt. They had a mix of beliefs like science, spirituality, medicine and many more. They believed in life after death they believed that life on earth was just one step of the journey they believed that life after death was the best part of the journey. They believed that continuance was the key to an eternal life, they believed that with life on earth principles had to be followed, like knowing that your actions can affect your other life and can affect other people’s lives and the universe as well. The gods will was to keep the people united, so that would make the people depend on each other which would keep them fully united. According to the gods, the way to fulfill their task and the way to happiness was a united country. The gods were seen as everything to the people as they would give the people a beautiful life and beautiful land to live in as long as they fulfill their tasks as humans. There were different types of gods however all of them had different specialities. Some were the god of secrets, women’s health and many more specialities.

Finally, Egypt was the most equipped early society in all aspects like environmental, government and religious beliefs. As it was stated in the essay Egypt was very well structured and organized in all three aspects mentioned. The people were happy with all aspects, the people would respect and enjoy the beliefs that the gods would put upon them. In the primary source “the Egypt packet” it shows examples of religious life in Egypt as well as some of the most important environments in Egypt. In the packet it states “ Hail to you, great lord, Lord of the Two Truths! I have come to you my Lord.” This just shows how much the people would love and cherish the Lords they would do anything in their power to fulfill the tasks that the Lord would say to make the people happy. Egypt has come a long way it became the country it now is by having a very well structured government, environment and a very well organized religion.