Question

Even though Egypt was influenced through trade with Mesopotamia, it developed different social/political systems. Mesopotamia had tightly organized city-states, initially ruled by priests, then ruled by kings that claimed divine authority. Egyptian kings, or ____________, were thought to be gods who created and maintained a unified state.

a) Emperors
b) Pharaohs
c) Sultans
d) Chieftains

Answer 1

Egyptian kings were known as pharaohs, who were perceived as gods ruling over a unified state, distinct from the Mesopotamian city-state rulers.

Step-by-step explanation:

The pharaohs were considered by their people as not just kings, but as living gods with divine authority to rule Egypt. Unlike the warrior-priest kings of Mesopotamian city-states, Egyptian pharaohs embodied political and religious leadership, creating a strong, centralized state early on, around 3150 BCE in the Early Dynastic Period. The Egyptian kings, or pharaohs, established a bureaucratic system and a unified Egypt, with marked differences from the political systems of the Mesopotamian city-states, which were individually ruled and often engaged in conflict with one another.