How did ancient Egypt become united? How did leadership affect the uniting of ancient Egypt?
Ancient Egypt became united because of war and religion. War brings the society together because they have to work together with other cities to protect their land. Religion brings them together, because back then it was one religion for all in that part off the world. When you all believed in the same God/Gods, there wouldn't be fights over religion in the same city. Leadership affected the uniting of ancient Egypt because when a leader put time into expanding the land (Ramses II) even if it means war, or to change trade routes to expand economy and make lives easier (Hatshepsut) the society will react in a positive way, and will put more trust into their leader, and the society will be more trustworthy of other people who believe in the leader too.
How was ancient Egypt governed? How were religion and politics connected?
Ancient Egypt was led by the Pharaoh, with a little help from the priests. Religion and politics were connected because everyone under the Pharaohs rule believed in the same God/Gods, and the Pharaoh was considered a God, so people would worship the Gods, and would also be worshiping the Pharaoh. Ever since the flood cycle was created, the connection between politics and religion strengthened because people believed that God was telling the Pharaoh when the next flood was coming, and to be able to predict a flood was big back then, since they didn't have the advanced science and mathematics that we have now.
How did ancient Egyptian rulers affect trade, business, and conflict?
Many rulers focused on certain aspects of their society to improve, for example: Amenhotep IV spent all of his time recreating the religion system, but in that change he lost a lot of land in the outer provinces to Asia. One of the rulers who had a big affect on trade was Hatshepsut, she strengthened trade routes, and began to trade new things, besides food. Although Hatshepsut did plenty of good things, there was still controversy over if she should even be in the throne. This let to conflict and the mysterious vanishing of Hatshepsut. Some rulers like Ramses II believed in war, so this let to conflict, obviously, but in the end it worked out and Ramses II won back the land that was lost during Amenhotep IV's ruling.
How do Hatshepsut and Queen Elizabeth I relate? What where their leadership styles? How did they impact their societies?
Both Hatshepsut and Queen Elizabeth I had somebody else in line for the throne that they beat out. For Hatshepsut it was her young nephew, and for Queen Elizabeth I it was her angry sister. They both led long successful reigns, but both women had a bitter-sweet relationship with their country, half the people liked them, the other half had a strong hatred for them, for Hatshepsut people disliked her because they believed that her nephew should be in the throne, for Queen Elizabeth I people disliked her because she was accused of being, "Vain, fickle, vacillating, prejudiced, and miserly," both of them have done good, but are still hated, is it because they are women? Their leadership styles are quite similar, both of them wanted to be treated with the same equality as a man, and they both made orders, unafraid of the gender barrier. They have both impacted the society strongly, they have broken the barrier between men and women, and there will be people following their footsteps, far in the future.
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of power?
Power is a wonderful thing, if the right person has it. Power can make a person greedy, selfish, or pushy. They could use the power to do bad unneeded changes, For example: Amenhotep IV meant well when changing religion but fired many priests from their jobs and ended up being taken from the throne and killed. Let's rewind and see what he did wrong with his power, well first of all, why is he changing their religion? Oh! I know, so he can make himself the God, wow from the very start, power made him selfish. Let's see what he does next, he makes them build a whole new capitol so that way he could have his own. Wow, he can't wait to get to his new capitol, he barks out orders for new people to come in to speed up the process building a whole new city, second one, he is very pushy. Then he fires the priests from their jobs so that he could be the only religious figure, talk about greedy! Now that we have seen the disadvantages of power, let's look at some advantages: Ramses II, used his power to win back land, yes he became a little greedy, and he did risk his men, but his he used his power to do good, and use it to his advantage- to get back their rightful land.