Key individuals/ Power/ Leadership: who were the key individuals, and how did they mold how the society thought? What are the advantages and disadvantages of power?
February 25, 2057
Today, we met an old man, who gave us some splendid information about King Tutankhamen and Queen Nefertiti! Here is our log of it:
King Tutankhamen:
King Tutankhamen was born in 1341 B.C.E., and was granted the name Tutankhaten (before he changed his name to Tutankhamen), which meant “the living image of Aten.” When he was born, Egypt had been going through heavy social and political upheaval. His father forbid worshipping gods in favor for only worshipping one god, the sun disk, Aten. Aten was known as the “heretic king”. Being forced to worship Aten, Egypt was thrown into chaos. Later, his father died and Tutankhaten had to take power at a young age. During the same year, he married Ankhesenamun, the daughter of Ikhnaton and Nefertiti. Since he was at such a young age for king, his first few years were controlled by an elder whose name was Ay. Horemheb, Ay’s assistant was Egypt’s top military commander during then, and both wished to reverse Akhenaten’s tradition to worship Aten, so they did. After that, Tutankhaten decided to change his name to Tutankhamen, meaning “the living image of Amun”. Also, he noticed that foreign policy had been abandoned, so he tried to have better relationships with Egypt's neighbors. During his ruling, battles took place, and during those battles he was trained in the military, though he was already very good at archery. But even after his training ended, he never got a chance to go into battle.
Learned information from: http://www.biography.com/#!/people/king-tut-9512446#early-life
Today, we met an old man, who gave us some splendid information about King Tutankhamen and Queen Nefertiti! Here is our log of it:
King Tutankhamen:
King Tutankhamen was born in 1341 B.C.E., and was granted the name Tutankhaten (before he changed his name to Tutankhamen), which meant “the living image of Aten.” When he was born, Egypt had been going through heavy social and political upheaval. His father forbid worshipping gods in favor for only worshipping one god, the sun disk, Aten. Aten was known as the “heretic king”. Being forced to worship Aten, Egypt was thrown into chaos. Later, his father died and Tutankhaten had to take power at a young age. During the same year, he married Ankhesenamun, the daughter of Ikhnaton and Nefertiti. Since he was at such a young age for king, his first few years were controlled by an elder whose name was Ay. Horemheb, Ay’s assistant was Egypt’s top military commander during then, and both wished to reverse Akhenaten’s tradition to worship Aten, so they did. After that, Tutankhaten decided to change his name to Tutankhamen, meaning “the living image of Amun”. Also, he noticed that foreign policy had been abandoned, so he tried to have better relationships with Egypt's neighbors. During his ruling, battles took place, and during those battles he was trained in the military, though he was already very good at archery. But even after his training ended, he never got a chance to go into battle.
Learned information from: http://www.biography.com/#!/people/king-tut-9512446#early-life
February
28, 2057
Queen Nefertiti:
Not much is to be known about Nefertiti, but we still got some information from the elder.
Queen Nefertiti was born in 1371 B.C. Her father was Ay, who would rule after King Tutankhamen died. Later, she took on her full name, "Neferneruaten", meaning " Beautiful are the beauties of Aten, a Beautiful Woman has come.". Also, she married Akhenaten and ruled alongside him. After 12 years into ruling, she disappeared and is thought to be dead.
Learned information from: http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/nefertiti
http://www.biography.com/people/nefertiti-9421166
Queen Nefertiti:
Not much is to be known about Nefertiti, but we still got some information from the elder.
Queen Nefertiti was born in 1371 B.C. Her father was Ay, who would rule after King Tutankhamen died. Later, she took on her full name, "Neferneruaten", meaning " Beautiful are the beauties of Aten, a Beautiful Woman has come.". Also, she married Akhenaten and ruled alongside him. After 12 years into ruling, she disappeared and is thought to be dead.
Learned information from: http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/nefertiti
http://www.biography.com/people/nefertiti-9421166
*Click on the picture of your choice and it will lead you to the link we found it on ^
This is a primary source of a diary explaining how evil Amenhotep IV was during his ruling. This can show how being in power can reflect negatively.
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March 3, 2057
How did ancient Egypt become united? How did leadership affect the uniting of ancient Egypt? During the first period of ancient Egypt (The Archaic Period), Egypt was separated into two kingdoms - Upper and Lower Egypt. (See to the left) Upper Egypt is under Lower Egypt, and this can be confusing because you would think Upper Egypt would be on top of Lower Egypt, and Lower Egypt would be below Upper Egypt. But this made sense to the Egyptians because the Nile River floated North. How? The lower part of the Nile (or the delta) would be called Lower Egypt, because the Nile was at the end of the Nile. Upper Egypt was where the Nile started, so the Egyptians called it Upper Egypt. Anyway, the King of Upper Egypt was Menes. He sent an army down to defeat Lower Egypt, and they did. Menes combined the two lands and Egypt then became united. Leadership affected the uniting of ancient Egypt because Menes was the Pharaoh who had caused the Egyptians to unite. Without Menes's command, Upper and Lower Egypt would not have united. *information learned from: http://www.penfield.edu/webpages/jgiotto/onlinetextbook.cfm?subpage=1525828 March 4th, 2057 How was ancient Egypt governed? How were religion and politics connected? Pharaohs were the center of a government, kind of like a president. Egyptians would not say the pharaoh's name when they address him/her, they simply say "pharaoh". Most of the time a pharaoh was a man, but sometimes it was a woman. The type of government style the Egyptians used was called a theocracy. A theocracy was a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god (definition from: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/theocracy). The government involved priests, viziers, army commanders, chief treasurers, the minister of public works, and tax collectors. Religion and politics were connected because the Egyptians thought the Pharaoh was a god, and treated him/her as a god. Information learned from: http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/ancient-egypt-government.html March 6th, 2057 How did ancient Egyptian rulers affect trade, business and conflict? For example, Amenhotep IV spent all of his time attempting to change the religion, but because of that change he lost a lot of land in battle. Another one of the rulers was Hatshepsut. She strengthened trade routes, and began to trade new things, besides food. Although Hatshepsut did plenty of good things, there was still conflict over if she should even be in the throne. This lead to conflict and the mysterious vanish of Hatshepsut. Some rulers like Ramses II believed in war, so this lead to conflict. In the end though, it balanced out and Ramses II won back the land that was lost during Amenhotep IV's ruling. Information learned from: http://msepancientegypt.weebly.com/questions-and-answers.html March 7th, 2057 Hatsheput was one of the few women to rule ancient Egypt. Research another women leader and compare and contrast their leadership styles and impact on the societies they ruled. Both Hatshepsut and Queen Elizabeth I had somebody else in line for the throne that they overtook. For Hatshepsut it was her nephew, and for Queen Elizabeth I it was her sister. They were both very successful in their ruling, yet both women had half the society hated them. For Hatshepsut people disliked her because they thought that her nephew should be in the one ruling. For Queen Elizabeth I, people disliked her because she was accused of being; "Vain, fickle, vacillating, prejudiced, and miserly.". Both of them wanted women to be treated as fairly as men were. Finally, they have both affected the society strongly for many years to come. Information learned from: http://msepancientegypt.weebly.com/questions-and-answers.html March 8th, 2057 What are the advantages and disadvantages of power? Power can be an advantage if a good person has it. Good people could help shape Egypt into a better kingdom. For example, Ramses II, used his power to gain all the land that was lost during Amenhotep's ruling, even though he risked his men. He used his power to do good, and use it to his advantage- to get back their rightful land that had been lost. At the same time, power can make a ruler selfish and greedy. They could use the power to do things that were unnecessary that could harm the society. For example: Amenhotep IV was so dedicated to changing the religion he fired many people and lost a lot of land. This effected the society so strongly he ended up being taken from the throne and killed. As you can see, Amenhotep IV was so selfish that he was killed. Building another capitol was also very selfish: he made his workers bring all the things he needed to the new place, just so he could have his very own capitol. |