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The Characteristics Of Ancient Egypt As A Civilized Civilization

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Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt was a organized civilization because of the important civilization indicators they had- the seven indicators.

Government is apart of the seven indicators. Government helped Ancient Egypt be well organized. The government had officials and government workers working there. Some jobs of the government was the pharaoh, the vizier, nomarks, army commander, chief treasurer, and the minister of public buildings.The more important jobs were the pharaoh, the vizier, and the nomark. The pharaoh had the most important job of all- he was the ruler of Egypt. Viziers had to follow the Egyptian law, which was to follow the law, judge fairly, and to not act willingly or headstrong. Viziers were like prime ministers, they …show more content…

They operated like two different countries. They had their own religions and ways of doing things. One day they united. After that had happened Egypt became more organized. They developed a system named ‘hierarchy’. Hierarchy was a class system and each Egyptian was in the system. They had specific rights and were each in a class. There were seven classes- the priests, the warriors, the cowherds, the swineherds, the shopkeepers, the interpreters, and the boatmen.The names were given to them from the occupations they followed. There weren’t as many slaves in Egypt. Slaves were left out. The king called them “tools that speak”.

There was a large selection of jobs for the Egyptians. The jobs were carpenters, craftsmen, potters, bead markers, stonemasons, sculptors, brickmakers, mistress of the house, and merchants. Carpenters had to build many objects such as roof beams, furniture, or statues. They used tools such as saws, axes, chisels, adzes, wooden mallets, stone polishers, and bow drills. Craftsmen had to create protective amulets, tomb paintings, magical enchantments on papyrus, funeral jars, painted pottery, pottery figures, painted scenes, cartouches, hieroglyphics, ivory grave goods, protective weapons, boats, and bark. Artisans were also considered craftsmen. Potters had to produce utilitarian vessels. Bead makers had to break stones and roll them in between two other stones which shaped the beads, then the bead makers made jewelry. Stonemasons had

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