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Egyptian Colonization

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Pharaohs duties consist of building monuments celebrating his own achievements and paying homage to the Gods of the land. The religious ceremonies is where the pharaoh would officiate where the layout of the new temple would be and decree the work that would be constructed. Although he could not choose and rarely take part in design of temple.

The second of the 12th dynasty ascend to the throne after the murder of his father Amenemnet I he was absent fighting in Libya. Thirty Four years after his fathers death. 1956-1911 BC. Remarkable time for mineral wealth gold and fine jewelry produced with this abundance. He was also a great architecture.

Four Important Pharaohs

Hatshepsut

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Pharaoh

Khufu also know by his Greek name Cheops was the second pharaoh of the fourth dynasty his full name Khnum-Khufwy which means the God and Khnum means "protect me". Khufu had three wives and also built one of the Seven wonders of the world "The Great Pyramid Of Giza". There is only one surviving statue which is ironically the smallest piece of egyptian royal sculpture ever discovered. It stands at 7.5cm high and is a ivory statue found at Abydos.He was throned at his 20's and soon started working on his pyramid which took a whole twenty three years to complete. The pyramid consisted of 2,300,000 building blocks weighing an average of 2.5 tons each.He was known as a cruel and wicked leader, he prostituted hi daughter when he ran out of money. He was very into the nature of human existence and magic.

she was born the daughter of King Thutmose I and one of his queens. When the king died the throne was inherited by his son. In keeping with traditional Egyptian standards, the new king married his father's oldest daughter. This, of course, meant that he married his half sister, Hatshepsut. It is believed that the new king did not live long and upon his death his son, by another wife, became pharaoh. The child was too young at the time to rule the great nation of Egypt, so his aunt and stepmother took over on his behalf, as regent. Hatshepsut ruled as regent for six years. In 1473 B.C. Hatshepsut decided she had had enough of ruling on behalf of the child and declared herself to pharaoh.

This was a bold move for the female ruler. It was at this time that Hatshepsut began to take measures to insure the people of Egypt saw her as the legitimate ruler of the Egyptian nation. According to Egyptian custom, the ruling pharaoh was required to be considered as divine. Hatshepsut struck upon the brilliant plan of claiming her mother was visited by the deity Amon-Ra who called upon her while she was pregnant with Hatshepsut. This would seem to indicate that the queen was divine because of the visit. Hatshepsut was also astute enough to realize that her stronghold on the throne of Egypt was only as strong as priest's support of her. She therefore made efforts to curry favor with them and succeeded admirably. Finally, Hatshepsut disposed of traditional female clothing and donned the garb of traditional male pharaohs. Reliefs and artwork depicting the female pharaoh indicate that she wore a fake beard similar to the ones worn by previous males sitting on the throne of Egypt. The art portraying the queen also seems to indicate that among the accomplishments of Queen Hatshepsut was the respect of the Egyptian people.

The word pharaoh is Greek form of the Egyptian 'pero' or 'per-a-a' which was designation for the royal residence. The name of the residence became associated with the ruler and in time was used exclusively for the leader of the people.

The most powerful person in Ancient Egypt , he was also the political and religious leader of the land and people. Many pharaohs went to war when their land was being threatened or when they wanted to control other foreign lands. If pharaoh won the battle the conquered people had to recognize the Egyptian Pharaoh as their ruler and offer him the finest and most valuable goods from their land.

Lord Of Two Lands- ruler of upper and lower Egypt. He owned all of the land, made laws, collected taxes, and defended Egypt against foreigners.

Supreme Ruler while he was God on earth and Osiris when he passed on into the afterlife.

Operation

Ancient Egypt's History is long and complex with over 3000 years of details and throughout all those years there were 30 dynasties and with each dynasty being based on the lineage of the pharohs.

There were six social classes in Ancient Egypt. This is how Egypt learned how to function as a colony and become stronger everyone had a certain task or duty to fulfill to keep the nation stable . "They all depended on one another this explains the work of the people, for the people ,by the people, For The Colony."Do you think these exist today? Before you answer that think about the life of people in social classes, such as peasants being poor and the pharaoh having a feast.Are these social classes and jobs similar to jobs and classes today?

Six Social Classes

This project was specially designed for the Artistry Of Ancient Egypt's mankind and then broken down into six social levels of their people, how they intertwine,and interact with another. Ancient Egypt is so vast Mrs.Jones wasn't able to quantum all of the wonderful things about this homeland as a colony or individually as just people and their way of just living. For example fashion, marriage, cosmetics, or just the urbanity itself. We took the time to go on our own speculation and really dig deep into this project so you can really understand the importance of this historic stomping ground. Egypt has come a long way and it's only right to show you how they developed into this nation that it's so fascinating it makes people from great distances travel or how so many doctors and scientist right thesis or books on it.

Born

THE ROOTS OF EGYPTIAN civilization go back more than 6,000 years to the beginning of settled life along the banks of the Nile River. The country has an unusual geographical and cultural unity that has given the Egyptian people a strong sense of identity and a pride in their heritage as descendants of humankind's earliest civilized community.One of the unique features of ancient Egyptian civilization was the bond between the Nile and the Egyptian people and their institutions. The Nile caused the great productivity of the soil, for it annually brought a copious deposit of rich silt from the monsoon-swept tableland of Ethiopia. Each July, the level of the Nile began to rise, and by the end of August, the flood reached its full height. At the end of October, the flood began to recede, leaving behind a fairly uniform deposit of silt as well as lagoons and streams that became natural reservoirs for fish. By April, the Nile was at its lowest level. Vegetation started to diminish, seasonal pools dried out, and game began to move south. Then in July, the Nile would rise again, and the cycle was repeated.

Because of the fall and rise of the river, one can understand why the Egyptians were the first people to believe in life after death. The rise and fall of the flood waters meant that the "death" of the land would be followed each year by the "rebirth" of the crops. Thus, rebirth was seen as a natural sequence to death. Like the sun, which "died" when it sank on the western horizon and was "reborn" in the eastern sky on the following morning, humans would also rise and live again.

The Emergence

The most important political event in ancient Egyptian history was the unification of the two lands: the Black Land of the Delta, so-called because of the darkness of its rich soil, and the Red Land of Upper Egypt, the sun-baked land of the desert. The rulers of Lower Egypt wore the red crown and had the bee as their symbol. The leaders of Upper Egypt wore the white crown and took the sedge as their emblem. After the unification of the two kingdoms, the pharaoh wore the double crown symbolizing the unity of the two lands.

The chief god of the Delta was Horus, and that of Upper Egypt was Seth. The unification of the two kingdoms resulted in combining the two myths concerning the gods. Horus was the son of Osiris and Isis and avenged the evil Seth's slaying of his father by killing Seth, thus showing the triumph of good over evil. Horus took over his father's throne and was regarded as the ancestor of the pharaohs. After unification, each pharaoh took a Horus name that indicated that he was the reincarnation of Horus. According to tradition, King Menes of Upper Egypt united the two kingdoms and established his capital at Memphis, then known as the "White Walls." Some scholars believe Menes was the Horus King Narmer, whereas others prefer to regard him as a purely legendary figure.

With the emergence of a strong, centralized government under a god-king, the country's nascent economic and political institutions became subject to royal authority. The central government, either directly or through major officials, became the employer of soldiers, retainers, bureaucrats, and artisans whose goods and services benefited the upper classes and the state gods. In the course of the Early Dynastic Period, artisans and civil servants working for the central government fashioned the highly sophisticated traditions of art and learning that thereafter constituted the basic pattern of pharaonic civilization.

Rameses II

Second Social Class

Third social class

Fourth Social Class

Scribers

Priest

They weren't the top pick of the social class but a very well respected group in society because they were the official writers that recorded all of Ancient Egypt's information.

They took note of everyday life history writing up contracts, consur (head count of people) calculating taxes, court cases,and food supply.

embalming bodies, regulating smaller temples and monuments, helping with religious ceremonies.

Government Officials

The Royal Family

Can you imagine a world in which there was no money and paying was done by trading goods an services?

5th Social Class

6th Social Class

Peasants

Although these people are the lowest of the social class all of AE depended on these unskilled laborers under farmers and construction.

Artisans

Birth : 1303 BC

Death: around 1232BC

Ramesses II (alternative spellings: Ramses, Rameses and known to the Egyptians as Userma’atre’setepenre, which means 'Keeper of Harmony and Balance, Strong in Right, Elect of Ra’, known also as Ozymandias and as Ramesses the Great) was the third pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty. Ramesses lived to be 96 years old, had over 200 wives and concubines, 96 sons and 60 daughters, most of whom he outlived. So long was his reign that all of his subjects, when he died, had been born knowing Ramesses as pharaoh and there was widespread panic that the world would end with the death of their king. There is virtually no ancient site in Egypt which does not make mention of Ramesses the Great.

Early Life

Ramesses was the son of Seti I and Queen Tuya and accompanied his father on military campaigns in Libya and Palestine at the age of 14. By the age of 22 Ramesses was leading his own campaigns in Nubia with his own sons and was named co-ruler with Seti.

With his father, Ramesses set about vast restoration projects and built a new palace at Avaris. After the death of Seti I in 1290 BCE, Ramesses assumed the throne and at once began military campaigns to restore the borders of Egypt and ensure trade routes.

Battle of Kadesh

The Battle of Kadesh, one of his earliest engagements (dated, by some, at 1274 BCE) almost resulted in his defeat and death. It was only owing to his own personal courage and calm in battle that he was able to turn the tide against the Hittite King Muwatalli II.

Pharaoh chose a group of loyal assistants to help carry out his orders. Family could inherit positions of power from being a family member or earn it through handwork dedication and loyalty. They directed and advised pharaoh in matters about society. They were respected and wealthy and were rewarded with luxury banquets and feasts.

highly skilled very little social status.

Vizer- second in command

Chief treasurer- wealth, collecting taxes, paying in goods.

General Of Army- In charge of war and national security.

Carpenters

metal workers

jewelers

painters

sculptors

potters

stone carvers

weavers

By Brianna and Reese

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