Hatshepsut's Social Hierarchy

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In 2575 B.C the old kingdom of the ancient civilization called Egypt was established. It ran along the Nile River and connected northeast Africa and the middle east. The new kingdom of this ancient civilization ended in 1075 B.C. In Egypt their religion is polytheistic, that means that they believe in more than one god or goddess. They believed that pharaohs were gods. Also in their religion they believed in afterlife, and mummification. Egypt has its own unique social hierarchy. At the top of the hierarchy they have pharoahs and the royal family. They are at the top because they rule over everyone and are most likely treated the best. Right below the pharaohs are the priest and nobles, they are right below the because they are still important …show more content…
Pharaohs were seen as kings, gods, and they were also seen as humans. The pharaohs had control of the entire egyptian kingdom even the upper and lower parts. Some of the most commonly known people in ancient Egypt were Hatshepsut, Thutmose III, and Ramses II. Thutmose III was from the 18th dynasty and he ruled by himself for thirty-two years, he also conducted military campaigns. Hatshepsut was a pharaoh from the 18th dynasty, she altered herself into a king by wearing the symbols of kingship. Ramses II was known as the greatest pharaoh of the 19th dynasty, he was also one of the most powerful. He had a period where he co-reigned with his father and he also went on various military campaigns. Also in ancient Egypt they have a type of government called a bureaucracy. A bureaucracy is a system of government that includes departments and levels of …show more content…
One of the achievements is that they built the sphinx and pyramids. They built the pyramids to serve as tombs for their pharaohs and their queens, they built the sphinx to guard important areas such as tombs and temples. The next achievement that the egyptians are credited for is hieroglyphics. Hieroglyphics is a system of writing where it is based off of pictures that represent ideas or words. The next achievement is Rosetta Stone. Rosetta Stone is a script that is made up of small pictures that was originally used in ancient Egypt. Another major achievement by the egyptians was mummification. Mummification is where the skin and flesh of the body of a person is saved, the organs such as the brain is removed, and the body is wrapped in strips of linen. Egypt was also credited for advances in society, math, astronomy, and
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