RAWAN TAHA HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION ANCIENT WOMAN OF EGYPT Unlike many women from different regions of the world‚ Ancient Egypt’s women have the same equivalence with men. They had a better status if not the best at that time‚ was even better than Europe in that era. In manuscripts found‚ Egyptian women would have enjoyed the same legal and economic rights‚ at least on paper. The problem in ancient Egypt was never about gender discrimination but about social hierarchy. You might not get to
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Ancient Canaan was not a “No-Man’s” but rather an “Any-Man’s” land. Situated between the Nile River Valley and the Tigris-Euphrates River Valley it served as common ground for the movements (socioeconomic and military) of other important and powerful civilizations. Its fate‚ repeatedly influenced by that of the Egyptians‚ rose and fell with the events of their neighbors. The relative peace in Egypt during the Old Kingdom era (2575-2100 B.C.E) left Canaan to be a loose quiet place with locally based
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Importance of Scribes in Ancient Egypt In ancient Egypt scribes were thought to be essential to the continuation of their culture. The king and the upper class prized scribes because their ability to read and write was thought to be the highest intellectual achievement that one could attain‚ thus heightening their social status.1 Developing literacy in any culture is a huge turning point and accomplishment in the development of a more complex society. In “In Praise of Learned Scribes”‚ written
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Egypt was one of the oldest civilizations that stand strong for more than 30 centuries with great military conquests‚ political revolution‚ strong religion belief and reinventing architecture. In their religion‚ it was believed that the mortal life is a trial and test that all needed to pass in order to live the life they were meant to have‚ the afterlife. Egyptians believed that all great things will only come to them if their names and legacy are kept going on and that’s one of the reasons why
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The art and architecture of ancient Egypt is known to almost every person‚ as it is so distinct from other cultures ’ works. Ranging from wall paintings of Anubis and Horus‚ to the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx‚ the artwork is not exactly new to many. Though the creators of the art may not be known‚ their images are forever part of the great history of ancient Egypt. When you think of ancient Egyptian artwork‚ stiffness in the human figures is very apparent. There is basically no trace of movement
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Civilization in Ancient Egypt In the dry‚ vast desert land of the river valley aroused a city-state that flourished with the help of the ever flowing Nile River. Egypt was said to be the “Gift of the Nile.” The benefits the Nile River supplied them with‚ the way their pharaohs ruled their lands‚ and the detailed architectural achievements the Egyptians discovered were all contributors to how the Ancient Egypt civilization came to be. The Nile River was the main reason why Egypt grew into
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Without men in their life‚ women in ancient Egypt would not have been able to have any sort of social‚ legal‚ or economic power because men were always there to provide it. Women were able to own property‚ do what they pleased with it‚ make money for themselves‚ and have equal rights under the law as men. However‚ now that women had been exposed to freedom‚ they had to take credit for any wrongdoing or beneficial task that they did for the society around them. The perspective that citizens had concerning
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civilizations constructed their social classes similarly in that they had kings at the top‚ followed by other officials and merchants‚ and at the bottom the slaves and peasants. They both had their own form of writing; Mesopotamia had cuneiform‚ and Egypt had hieroglyphics and cursive script‚ respectively. While they are similar in many different political‚ social‚ and cultural activities and ideas‚ they have enough contrast to be viewed as different societies. Politically‚ because they were geographically
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Being a woman in ancient civilizations did not usually provide the freedoms‚ rights‚ and protections that women experience in modern times. Even today in many parts of the world‚ women are not considered equal and are forced to hide their faces or wear garments that cover their entire body. At the same time‚ there were places in the ancient world where women were treated well and given status. If a woman could have chosen where they would have wanted to live during ancient times‚ one might suggest
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The gender structure of ancient Egypt and India is different in many different ways. Most of these things change as time goes by but back then most of them are really different. In Egypt women were granted more freedom while in India women were like property’s and were controlled by completing every men in their family.(Anne Wallace Sharp‚ S. Kambitsis) In India if a woman husband die‚ she is not allowed to remarry and can not be independent. (S. Kambitsis) While in Egypt remarrying is totally normal
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