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Jillian Rockwell 9/11/01 While sitting in class the other day, at the time we were discussing all the different opinionated, but factual, definitions of the word civilization. Listening intently, I thought of what I would see civilization as and how I would relate it to the Egyptians. In early Egypt, I thought of what growth and improvement was shown and how structured the Egyptians were at that time and era. How they managed to figure out so much with so little help back then? Even today still,we are trying hard to figure out how they managed to even build the pyramids. So, it is easy to say that the Egyptians not only demonstrated a form of civilization, but more so they carried a more advanced form of civilization that we have ever encountered. I asked myself how exactly they had demonstrated that form of civilization. In my mind, the Nile River was the root of their civilization. It helped them quicken trade, enabled communication, gave them protection, served as
Egypt came up with a tradition where gods and a pharaoh should rule the country. They created their first dynasty under a king called Menes also. Having done this, they then realized that needed control and order in their time of progress. They needed a higher source or higher power to help organize their ideal future. The pharaoh kept order and peace throughout the kingdom. Structure on their society also was forming. They based organization among them putting God and the Pharoah at the top. Then from there nobles were put underneath them and down The pyramids were built for this main reason. The Egyptians believed mainly that there were two bodies. One body being physical and the other one spiritual. And believed that only when you were finished properly preserving the dead body, only then could its spiritual body return and continue its life. After became a form of writing used for communication purposes. Many things were refined and developed after the Nile River. The things that helped organize the Egyptians
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