Monday, October 17, 2016

Ancient and Modern Egypt

Ancient Egyptians were polytheistic when it came to their beliefs. They believed in a variety of some different deities; which they believed maintained the uniformity and peace across the land. The deities they believed in offered protection, took care of heap afterwards they died and some were even plants and animals. The Egyptians were in any case the the first to believe in the divine power of the pharaoh. They believed that the pharaoh had tie with the gods; therefore, he should be the ruler. Their gods and goddesses were worshiped in cult temples;were they made sacrifices to the gods,so the gods would garter the people;they sacrificed goats, sheep and even cats.The gods and goddesses were in any case worshiped in temples, but only if phantasmal men could go into them because temples were not a lay of public worship or congregation, so common people would have to worship the gods and goddesses at their own homes. Egypt as well had a straightforward government.\nEgypt had a anomalous way to structure their government. The to the highest degree powerful person in ancient Egypt was the pharaoh. The pharaoh is the political and religious leader, therefore he performed rituals and construct temples to honor gods. The pharaoh owned every the lands, made all the laws and self-contained all of the taxes. The second about powerful man was the vizier. The vizier was resembling the pharaohs right hand man, he was the pharaohs representative. The country was divided into forty- 2 administrative regions called nomes and the vizier was accountable for their jurisdiction. The vizier was also responsible for collecting and storing gold and food. Egypt also had a tolerant variety of art and architecture.\nEgypt had a unique type of architecture. They were in the main famous for their pyramids. There is a wide variety of them, since many of them were different sizes and shapes. Some pyramids were built for tombs of the pharaohs and queens, some of the well cognize pyramids are Giza  and the Temple ...

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