Government+and+Laws

= Egypt =


 * What is the "Pyramid of Power"?**

There is a "pyramid of power" showing who had power over who.


 * [[image:pyramidofpower.jpg height="343" caption="The Pyramid of Power in ancient Egypt. From highest to lowest shows how important people with different jobs were, and who they had power over." link="@http://www.historyonthenet.com/Egyptians/society.htm"]] ||

The pharaoh ruled over everyone. He was the most important person, and he could choose what work others should do. I think that the pharaoh probably was allowed to make laws and choose what things were allowed to be traded, etc.


 * Who were the pharaohs in ancient Egypt?**

There were extremely many pharaohs in ancient Egypt, and I mean it. I found this list of pharaohs with dates and other facts. It is not necessary to know all the pharaohs, but it might be interesting to read about. []


 * What is a court official and what is his job?**

This person is known as a Vizier, who was just about the same as a Prime Minister. He had several jobs that he was in charge of: This was a lot of work to do, but the Viziers had to do it. I think that there was more than one Vizier, and that the jobs would be split up among them.
 * Managing construction of royal buildings and monuments, including workers and materials
 * Architects and engineers
 * Jobs related to regal issues - wills, trials and property deeds
 * Controlling civil order
 * Managing amount of food and distribution
 * Collecting taxes
 * Managing industries, farming, fishing, trade, etc.
 * Recording rain and height of Nile in case of flood

= Babylon =

In ancient Babylon it was the king who ruled the kingdom. I think they might have had the power to make or change laws, live in a palace, etc.

**Who were the Babylonian kings?**

During the time of ancient Babylon, there were a lot of kings. The different kings were:


 * Emisum
 * Samium
 * Zabaia
 * Gungunum
 * Abisare
 * Sumuel
 * Nur-Adad
 * Sin-Iddinam
 * Sin-Eribam
 * Sin-Igisham
 * Silli-Addad
 * Warad-Sin
 * Rim-Sin I
 * Hammurabi
 * Samsun-iluna
 * Rim-Sin II

The most famous one is probably Hammurabi, the creator of Hammurabi’s Code. He died in about 1750 BC. Hammurabi was king from about 1792 BC to 1750 BC, being the sixth king of Babylon. His portrait is on many buildings around the world.


 * What were the laws of ancient Babylon? **

As the first king of the Babylonian Empire, Hammurabi made 282 laws of what crimes were and what the punishment would be. All of these laws were carved into a large piece of stone. This was found 1901 and is now known as Hammurabi’s Code. MainlyHammurabi created these laws to please the gods, and he made the laws extremely strict. Some of the laws are:


 * If a man accuses another of a crime, but can’t prove it, the accuser shall be put to death
 * If a man accuses another of a crime, and can prove it, the accuser shall receive a monetary reward
 * If a slave strikes his owner his ear shall be cut of
 * And so on…

In my opinion, I think the civilization would have been better if there hadn’t been laws for cutting of people ears and thing like that. I do not think that the punishments are suitable for the crime, and even if these crimes happened, I don’t think that people even should be punished for most of them.

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