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Ancient egyptain government - Coggle Diagram
Ancient egyptain government
marrige alliances
Battle of qadesh(page 131)
deception of shosu led to cutting down of massive division of re
ramses 2 ordered a massive attack on the infantry. the battle ended in a stalemate, with a peace treaty that strengthened Egyptian claims in Canaan and parts of Syria, while the Hittites were able to retain control over their region
prologue
thutmose 3 conquered many territories to the north. The hittites briefly conquered those territories, leading ramses 2 to reconquer them (p 152)
the bureaucracy
Vizier
"probably also served as mayor of the capital city"
prime minister of the country
2 of them, one for upper egypt, one for lower egypt
met with the king to report on state affairs and supervise the kings buisness
had regional power to rule over and enact policies, but answered to the king
Overseer of Royal works
Organized labour
control over workers and wages
had to work with the land that the king owned
responsible for building infrastructure and government agriculture
Overseer of the Treasury
collected, stored, distributed, and counted taxes
handled many different things, such as vegtable oil, grains, wood, metal, cloth, manufactured goods, weapons
usually quite corrupt, which led to the downfall of many countries
Overseer of the granary
managed grain revenues
distributed grain
collectivized farm product
also could be corrupt