The Civilization of Ancient Egypt The Egyptian civilization starts 6,000 years ago to the beginning of settled life along the banks of the Nile River. The ancient Egyptians were one of the first people to believe in life after death. They were the first to fashion the arch in stone and brick. Even before the unification of the Two Lands, the Egyptians had developed a system of writing. Egyptians used pictures to represent words or sounds. Egyptians main source of success is through the great Nile River. Nile River being the longest river in the world, Nile plays a big rule on Egyptians economic growth. The Nile River flows northwards through the Centre of Egypt, bringing much needed water to an otherwise arid part of northeast …show more content…
The pharaohs who ruled Egypt for about 3,000 years were by and large capable administrators, strong military leaders, sophisticated traders, and overseers of great building projects. The pharaoh was the ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt. He owned all of the land, made laws, collected taxes, and defended Egypt against foreigners. Many pharaohs went to war when their land was threatened or when they wanted to control foreign lands. If the 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 …show more content…
As northeastern African countries converted to Islam the traditional Red Sea trading routes resulted in the exclusion of Christian Axum from regional trade and also were cut off from the rest of the Christian world. The Christian kingdom of Axum maintained its religious hegemony by denying the Axumite Muslims the right to build mosques in the city. Over the next 14 centuries Axumite Christians and Axumite Muslims resided together under various Ethiopian rulers who proclaimed loyalty to the city’s Orthodox Christian