Egyptian and Shang civilizations had many similarities. Most notable was their politics. Both had powerful kings, though the Egyptian kings were known as Pharaohs. The leaders of both civilizations were political as well as religious leaders. Pharaohs were viewed as gods of Earth and had a great deal of religious influence over the Egyptian people.
Where as with the Assyrians, their king controlled everything. All of the land belonged to him and whatever he said, that’s what happened. The Phoenicians have, perhaps, a more fair and effective system then the Assyrians did and it shows
They were paid more and were highly educated compared to everyone else in Egypt except the Pharaohs and other Scribes. There are very famous and special areas inside these temples. One of which is Hypostyle Hall which is a hall inside of the Karnak Temple, Hypostyle Hall is a hall with Hieroglyphics everywhere and was made by Ramses. A very interesting fact about the Karnak temple is that it is very religious. It is in fact the largest religious area in ancient Egypt.
Octavian then became the Roman Empire’s leader and brought them into a peace. There is a lot of comparison and difference between the Persian and Roman Empire. They each reached great means when it came to running their empire. They established a government and conquered many territories and places. However, there are also a lot of difference between the two empires.
It was believed that the kings were the gods’ representatives on earth; the kings had special privileges and special tasks that they had to accomplish. For example the kings ruled by special divinity and were set apart/ away from all other people including the priests. Kings also had to respect and glorify the gods through offerings just as the rest of the people the only thing that was different was that the kings had a greater commitment than the rest because their power was greater than the peoples or priests. The Ubaid people created central locations for places of adoration, and the buildings were used for economic and administrative purposes. Uruk, was a more urbanized version of the Ubaid
is was all too common for society to be organized in such a way. Some may say that this forced women to stay on the back burner, however, despite the fact that in some societies, for example, Mesopotamia, this may be true, it was much less harsh in others, for example, Egypt. When looking at the two societies and comparing them as far as politics, culture, economics, and society go it is clear to see that they differed substantially. This could be due to their extreme environmental differences. One could say that the differences were in some cases staggering.11 Egypt was a far more optimistic society as far as beliefs, and artwork goes, whereas, Mesopotamia tended to favor a more strictly functional outlook.
The essence of any nation is the way it is lead or advised by a hierarchy. All nations of the world have gone through such times, but one of the most notorious has been Egypt. Egypt for centuries has had a system of leadership, economy and general society heavily influenced by the Egyptian hierarchy. A hierarchy that was able to build pyramids and structures that still challenge modern day science all due to their pharaoh and subsequent upper class. What the pharaoh spoke was galvanized as if a god had spoken to the people, creating a nation unified under the belief that gods and pharaohs are entities that have only their best intentions in mind.
Ancient Egyptian Religion The Force Behind Everything As the ancient Egyptian religion was an important part of everyday life for all Egyptians (rich and poor), they built a great many temples and had shrines in their homes. The term used to describe ancient Egyptian theology is Polytheism. This just means that they believed in many Gods. Gods were not only formless entities with certain roles - but the Gods were also the forces of nature, the elements, and the characteristics of certain powers. Some Egyptian Gods merged with foreign Gods too.
Pharaohs were believed to be a god who was placed on Earth and was a provider of an important link between the gods and people of Egypt. He was also responsible for keeping order and making laws. The Vizier was the next most important person in the government of Ancient Egypt. A vizier takes the place of a prime minister, chief justice, and head of treasury. Also, the vizier was sometimes the high priest.
(Ramses). All things considered Ramses seemed to go a competent job of taking care of the matters of Egypt during his over sixty years of reign. He was very egotistical and conceited however, but Ramses was considered a god and taught that he was a god as the Pharaoh his whole life, so he would want to be remembered. To his people he was a god and to himself as well. The state of affairs was the best ever during his reign and during the whole ancient history of the country.