It is believed that the Egyptians were much more than pyramids, intricate burials, and unexplained curses. They were a living, breathing civilization of people who experienced many of the same bliss and grief we do today. Ancient Egypt also had political, economic, and legal structures that had great impact on their religious beliefs. Egypt’s political intuition was the view of the god-king. It was believed that the king was the heavenly.
He ruled both these lands through a Chinese-styled government, a centralized government that relied on Legalist principles, and imposed Confucian values. Even though the Han dynasty forced their own values on the people they ruled, the outcome was that their
Power was also delegated to advisors such as viziers and stewards Hapuseneb, Senenmut). Religious: Religion was intertwined with politics due to the structure of Ancient Egyptian culture. The gods were the centre of life. In order to gain publicity and respect, an association with these gods would brirng trust and respect to a society largely illiterate and unknowing. – Marriage to Thutmose II Hatshepsut had a daughter with Thutmose II, Neferure.
Some of them made people obedient to the political views of the leaders, others denoted or elevated individuals depending on their gender and social status, and some just remained neutral. The Chinese political and social structure was mainly (but not completely) affected by the government rulers (due to non-religious belief systems like Legalism and Confucianism), since they had greater influence on the government than the religions, while in India, vice versa, the religions shaped the social and political order more than the ruling class (due to the absence of non-religious practices). The Mandate of Heaven, the reason of the major changes in the Chinese society, gave the godly right of ruling to the Emperor, similar to the Pharaohs of Egypt, which were considered and treated like gods. Along the Silk Roads (the longest and the most used trade route which connected multiple empires together through trade), ideas similar to that were spread and shared among the cultures resulting in the outcome that is seen today as
For example, a system of social hierarchy and a society based on patriarchal. However, political and social factors became an issue later on during decline of their empire. To start off with, Rome and Gupta do not have much in common in political factors than that of social structure. Rome was a republic that was based on absolute power of a ruler who commanded loyalty of the military and the roman people. Controlled by a non-heredity emperor, which was chosen by the Senate, usually by predecessor.
Politics in the Han dynasty were very important to keep the empire together. In the Han dynasty, Liu Bang did something different and, instead of wealth or birth name, he gave government positions to those who were well educated and deserving of this position. Liu Bang wanted to be a strong dynasty like the Qin dynasty, but weak like Zhou at the same time. He chose to go down the middle path and be a mix of weak and strong. Bang divided the empire into administrative districts that were each governed by officials.
Both empires allowed their citizens to contribute to the empire; however, they did so by different means. Emperor Augustus of Imperial Rome, after declaring himself as emperor, allowed for the senate to exist, therefore giving citizens more opportunities to obtain senatorial and office positions. This might have occurred because Augustus’s government was a monarchy disguised as a republic. All citizens except for foreigners and women could obtain political positions in Imperial Rome. Citizens in Han China could only contribute to the empire by becoming a bureaucrat, however, this positions was very limited and was open only to Confucian Scholars.
An Nguyen History 103 Theme paper 2 5/12/2009 Religion and Politics in Ancient Laws Throughout the ages of history, code laws were created to keep peace for civilizations. These codes were made with the purpose of attaching the so called “human laws” as close to “heaven laws” as possible no matter which civilization or which religion. Therefore, I want to show the attachment of the political and religious interpretation of the laws by examining the Hammurabi codes and Justinian codes and using the common phenomena method. According to Mesopotamia carvings, the king is commonly the biggest figure in any scene that includes him. So there is no denial to the fact that kings were indeed the figure of God.
And different religions (Buddhism, Taoism) can co-existed together to civilize the people. Last, when the Chinese have conflicts with the west, she would not act as a starter of war, she fight back for self-defense only. Harmony does play an essential role to the Chinese culture. And even, in the 2008 Olympic Game where held in China, used harmony as the main theme. Confucianism is highly advocated in China.
Madison favored republican values in which interests would check one another. The Virginia Plan divided powers into three sections: legislative, executive, and judicial with a bicameral house. In addition this plan would have the power to veto state laws and call for a strong president. The New Jersey Plan favored the Articles of Confederation in which Congress could regulate commerce, but kept unicameral form, executive committee, and sovereign states. The Great Compromise would be formed in which Senate depended on one vote for each state and Congress was proportional to the amount of people in each state.