Comparing Ancient Egyptian And Chinese Social Structures

Hierarchies were used to describe the way past societies were structured, distinguishing one group of individuals from another. People were ranked into different groups depending on their occupation or wealth status. The richest or most powerful people were at the top of the social class while the underprivileged people or ones without great responsibility were ranked at the bottom. This system was widely spread throughout the world in many centuries. In Ancient Egypt, China, and India’s power systems they all had similar ideas of the way their social class was established but also had different systems.

All three of the major river civilizations had a government in the form of hierarchy. Each civilization had a ruler; they were in a monarchy system. Some of the systems were considered to be well off systems because they were able to rule without any disruptions while others had systems in which were not in equality with men and women. In Mesopotamia, there was a king who ruled city-state regions. The kings were war leaders and their main function was to make sure everything was running great in their region. On the other hand, the Egyptians, Indians, and Chinese had similar monarchy systems. Their rulers were Pharaohs and kings, however in their society, people were slaves. The Pharaoh was such an elite person that they needed people in their society (slaves) to build pyramids and elaborate palaces for them. With each civilization having a distinct leader, this helped keep the environment more stable although some civilizations weren’t fair in the distribution of power.

Over the last several thousand years, dozens of great civilizations have risen from nothing and fallen back into obscurity. Not all civilizations, however, leave a lasting mark on the world, especially not one so profound that influences the world as it exists today. One such civilization that has had a profound impact on daily modern lives was that of Ancient Egypt. Their systems of religion and technological innovation helped not only to leave a permanent impression on the world, but also served to mold both the civilizations that directly followed it as well as society today.

Society is and ranking were and still are all over the world. Some examples of these ranking system are The Western Roman Empire, The Persians, and even the Mayans. The Romans had Hierarchies, and different ranks of people. The four groups include ancestors, census rank, attainment of honor, and citizen ship. That fundamentally says that a person can be born into a rank, or earn their way up and or becoming a citizen. The Persians differed from this. To have an excellent society, they thought a monarchy would be the correct choice.

Leadership started to appear for the first time in the neolithic era. It is actually a skill that not everyone have. After reading Discovering the Global Past by Merry Wiesner, I was enlightened and started to have a sense of what is it to be a good leader. Someone who cares about his people, someone who actually puts laws and regulations to the good of his people. This essay will discuss the differences and finds out who is the best between two leaders, emperor Claudius and Shao Xinchen.

Some key points of this paper are going to be about the development of civilization, geography, social structure, Hierarchy, and where the Ancient Egyptian civilization began.

The sedentary lifestyle of first wave civilizations played a significant role in the development of political organization, social hierarchies, job specialization, etc. According to Strayer, “one basis of authority lay in the recognition that...densely populated territories required some authority to coordinate and regulate the community”, including the building of irrigation systems (76). This complex institution provided order and stability, while also resulting in social stratification. As people obtained varying jobs, a social hierarchy formed, in which people of different classes had a higher status and influence than others. In other words, the considerable amount of power exercised by the elite minorities, including monarchs, led to

The development of agriculture during the Neolithic Revolution slowly removed the need for nomadic cultures. Human’s ability to farm sufficiently increased the number of individuals settling in one place. As farming technology advanced, society grew and was able to support more and more people, which lead to cooperation and ultimately the beginning of societies. The informal leadership within these small groups slowly evolved to a more formal form of governance to handle societal issues. As the legitimacy of a government shifted away from the mandate of God, men became more involved in politics from all aspect. Without divine instruction, men devised of political system in hope of the preservation of his rights and liberties. Summarizing the

Today was my first day in the school house. As I walked around and walked to class I saw a girl with the most amazing and prettiest jewelry, her name was Eldora. Eldora means golden. She had lots of unusual jewelry that is mostly gold and silver. I asked her where she got her jewelry and she said her dad is a jewelry maker and seller. She always is moving around Egypt because his job involves moving to all the different queens and kings. She told me that her parents were very good at making jewelry and were in the second highest social class for all of their famous work.

Water is fundamental to all forms of life on Earth, this goes the same for early civilizations that emerged around 5,000 years ago that developed close to rivers. Among these civilizations are Ancient Egypt and Ancient China who have left a great impacts in our history. These two civilizations have many similarities and differences in things like culture, social structure and their state (political). Ancient Egypt and Ancient China had similarities and differences with regard to culture. The Ancient Chinese didn’t have a great amount of interest in religion like the Ancient Egyptians did.

The ancient Egyptian Social pyramid has social groups such as the pharaoh, vizier, high priests, nobles, engineers, farmers, doctors, scribes, craftsmen, peasant farmers, and slaves. A Social Class is a group of people that have the same Social economic or education. The ancient Egyptian Social pyramid has Social groups such as the pharaoh and others. At the very top of the Social pyramid is the pharaoh they are the most powerful person.

Ancient Egypt and ancient China are different and similar in many ways. Some of the ways they are alike are advancements in technology, geographical location, and social structure. Some of the ways they differ are religion, rulers, and infrastructure.

Centralized power in myriad amounts of ancient cultures serves as a ‘norm’ for most. In times during the Minoan civilization, and the Mycenaean civilization, the idea of having a centralized power, or at least some sort of hierarchy that is evident, had had multiple disputes to whether or not such a government was favored. Minoans and Mycenaean’s often had problems with such centralized powers, that it caused a focal discussion of whether or not a hierarchy of such should be established. For both sides of the argument, there served multiple points of validity for and against a centralized government, especially referring to shipping goods, the manufacturing and usage of the goods, and the culture behind either one.

The Big Man societies follow the rule that the more prestige you gain, the higher your political power and status will be. The chiefdoms, however, do not follow this rule. Instead, they follow a ranked system based on the

Men, from the starting of evolution process, lived all by himself. He used to hunt and feed himself. As the time passed by he realized the need to live in group. Hence, our ancestors laid the foundation of modern society. With the passage of the time, their population grew so as well the need of a Leader who can look after themselves, who can protect them and when needed, address their concerns. Slowly, human civilization grew. Men, no longer was a nomadic hunter. There were strong establishments all over the world. Human civilization was transformed. What followed were the great civilizations of Egypt, Persian, Roman, Vikings, Chinese and Mogul empires. There rise to power was absolutely incredible and so as their downfall, astounding. One common fact about all this civilization is their Emperors or