CLA ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS

GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT

 

Pharaohs were very important to the villages in Egypt. Pharaohs were the army commanders. Under the Pharaoh was the vizier. If you’re wondering, a vizier is a high official in the government. Scribes were also important to the government. Pharaohs were considered a god, so Egypt had a theocracy. The wives of the pharaohs were second most powerful. To help the government, citizens had to pay taxes. They had laws and statutes. Pharaohs were the rules of the Egyptian theocracy. The pharaoh was also the supreme leader of the religion.

- Paige