How did ancient Egypt become united? How did leadership

affect the uniting of ancient Egypt?

At first Egypt was called the “black land” because of the rich dark soil Nile River. This is where the first settlements of the old kingdoms were made during that period. Way farther in history, upper and Lower Egypt were united by war. Leadership was important in ancient Egypt. The pharaohs, or leaders decided what would happen to the civilization and people. For example, Narmer who is shown on the Narmer Palette is shown to be uniting upper and Lower Egypt. This proves that without his leadership, Egypt may have still been kept divided.

How was ancient Egypt governed? How were religion and politics connected?

Ancient Egyptian government depended a few important factors. The first factor was the pharaoh. The pharaoh made most, even all the decisions. Another one of the most important factors was the vizier. The vizier was the chief, overseer of the land. He was like the prime minister. Other officials reported to the vizier. There were some other officials such as the army commander, chief treasurer, and the minister of the public works. These officials were not as important as the vizier, and pharaoh. Religion was dominant in ancient Egypt. It connected everything, and encouraged polytheism through the civilization. The rules which connects to the politics part of the question, is basically based around polytheism. Politics and religion were connected from the beliefs of gods and goddesses. Say you have a book of rules. You look inside and the rules are based around religion. This shows how religion and politics were so tightly weaved together.

How did the ancient Egyptian rulers affect conflict, trade, and business?

The rulers of ancient Egypt had a lot of power. They could change the religion like Amenhotep IV. They could change trade routes, and much, much more. A lot of the ruler4s that ruled ancient Egypt went to war when their land was being threatened or they wanted control of the other land. If the pharaoh conquered that land, the conquered people had to recognize the pharaoh as their ruler and offer him the finest and most valuable items from their land. This covers the conflict part of this question. Trade was important in Egypt. The pharaoh’s decided some trade routes, which connected to Mesopotamia too.  Pharaoh’s decided when and where it was best to trade, and arranged routes fro the Egyptians to go on voyages. As for business, pharaohs got involved by giving people jobs. All of these factors connect, because basically the pharaoh has the whole land on his shoulders.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of power?

First let us start with the advantages. There are many advantages of having a lot of power. You have control over everything that is in your power. It is like having a bunch of puppets. “People instinctively prefer high to low power positions,” said author Dr. M. Ena Inesi of London Business School. “Similarly, it feels good when you have choice, and it doesn’t feel good when choice is taken away.” This shows that having more power can lead to more choice in life, and people prefer that over having a less amount of choices during your lifetime. Another advantage is that people that have power lead a better healthier life, because power=money most of the time. Moving on, to the disadvantages of having power. In one experiment, participants started out by reading a description of a boss or an employee and had them think about how they would feel in that role. That meant some people were made to feel powerful and some were made to feel powerless. Feeling powerless? That doesn’t sound good. Sometimes power can backfire and make people hungry for choices, and choices can lead to chaos.