Contributions of Ancient Egyptians

Ancient Egyptian have been a part of civilization dating back over 3000 years ago and throughout the years showed longevity and the ability to adapt and develop in order to sustain their culture. Ancient Egyptians have always shown to be a consistent and stable civilization, growing and expanding with time. As well as improving what already had a foundation in the culture. Due to the impact of the Ancient Egyptians, there are numerous human advancements that added to the ascent of our current society. The things we see today has been shaped or frame enhanced to withstand the trial of time through the duration of ancient history. Starting with the structures of structures, religion and pyramids, the impact of craftsmanship, and other notable elements of their culture, everything influenced the culture around them. The old-fashioned advancement of the Egyptians was a standout among the other notable societies in our ancient history.

The ancient Egyptians formulated a way for them to communicate which was the building block for the alphabet we learned and teach our youth today. Before the formation of the alphabet, the Egyptians would express their thoughts with the use of pictures used as idea or hieroglyphics. The use of hieroglyphics was first viewed as sacred writing because they were written by priests. In order to communicate, they did so with the art of pictures until they came up with the idea of using pictographic signs which to others would make their form of communication look lengthy. They reduced the number of pictographic signs over the years, until finally creating the alphabet. They engraved it on a stone for remembrance. In the early years of Egypt, although proof of life had been noted, there was a sudden shift in the lands which resulted in the expansion of the Sahara Desert. This expansion was one of the most important activities of the Egyptian culture because it caused the human civilization to move closer to the Nile which would benefit them agriculturally in years to come. It gave them an open opportunity to find a consistent and reliable source of water to help nourish themselves and feed their crops. Majority of the settlement around the Nile River was not in the delta region of it, but many settled in the Nile Valley along the river close to where it begins it's flow into the sea (Khan Academy. Nov 2, 2018. https://www.khanacademy.org).

Living along the Nile and experiencing the regular flooding, which they learned would provide them with a nutrition rich soil provided to their crops once a year. This land was then referred to as Kemet, black lands, and blended it's darker and denser soil with the red sand of the desert, which created this great agricultural area. Due to an unexpected timeline of depletion of that soil, there was a huge decrease in food availability. The Nile was also used again in the ancient Egyptian culture. Along with the agriculture that the Nile has it noted use for, the Egyptians also used it for paper upon the discovery of a plant along the banks of the Nile. The plant found along the banks was named Papyrus, which was a tree whose leaves were mended together by gum to create a long roll. After applying a polish to smoothen the ridges of the paper, a lengthy roll was made for the Egyptians to then began writing their ideas. The ancient Egyptians were great architectures' and built many monuments that were important pieces of their culture. The Egyptians had been building pyramids for years using them for tombs and they also were monuments to the kings that asked for them to be built.

The building block for the structure of these pyramids started as a mathematical puzzle, know today as the Pythagorean Theorem. Some myths say that those who helped the Egyptians build these monuments were enslaved, but studies say that they were actually peasants that were doing work during the off season for farming. They did in in a way similar to taxes, each household was required to have a resident that was in good healthy standing to work on the pyramid or monument to be built, excluding the wealthy who could just pay the cost of labor to be done. This stipulation within the government showed the power to force those in the culture to provide labor and the advantages of the wealthy and their ability to buy themselves out of work. They didn't stop at just pyramids and monuments, however they even began to build ships so that they could have a route of transportation for the trading of goods such as gold, copper, incense, and ebony (Khan Academy. Nov 2, 2018. https://www.khanacademy.org.)

After years of growing crops and using only resources from their civilization, during the New Kingdom of Egyptian culture, they were able to establish a trade network to help expand the economy and bring more riches to the Egyptians. At first the Egyptians were doing trade without making a profit but once they discovered that their resources would be valuable to other countries, they set up an effective and efficient bartering system that brought wealth to the economy. Some of the trades were don't by negotiated without violence, others had to use the tactic of military campaign which forced the opposing countries hand. She also brought together many projects to be constructed and monumental pieces such as the mortuary temple in Deir el-Bahri (Khan Academy. Nov 2, 2018. https://www.khanacademy.com).

Along with building new temples and monuments, she arranged for those that had been abandoned and neglected to be repaired. In the Middle ages of the kingdom of Egypt the Egyptians had formed a powerful army starting with them having unity between the kings in order to try and gain the power of the governors back. This then resulted in each king having an allied army ready to defend his culture and those a part of it. Over years of having armies at the hands of the kings, the Egyptians were able to regain the control of resources that were substantial to the population of the Egyptian culture. The framework set by Egypt could have been the building block and light shed on other countries, and now every country has armies of multiple forces ready to fight for their respective countries. The legacy left by those in the early Egyptian culture and the contributions given to the modern world stretches further than explained above.

Ancient Egyptians were the establishment of the things we see and experience every day. They gave insight on forms of communication and writing, and made a way for those to be in control of their own resources and crops, as well as providing other countries and nations around them. Creating ways for them to receive goods that could enhance their culture. Although not expressed above, they also gave ideas to countries in respect to burying loved ones and the respect that should be given to the dead by mummification and having proper monuments intact for those in authority to have a place for burial. Not only were there monuments for proper burials, but notable and famous architectures such as temples and sculpting of gods and the known sculpture of the pharoah. The list could continue, but the point taken is that the ancient Egyptians were the driving force of the development of not only Egypt, but countries like the United States. Many things in the history of Egypt have shown it's advancements and evolutions dating to the present day.

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