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Ancient Egyptian government was very strong. There were many laws and rulers. The punishments were cruel and they mostly applied to the eye for an eye rule. This meant that if one person broke someone's leg, their leg would be broken too. Egypt was a hard place to live in since a lot of people were treated unfairly. Even though life was hard, the government made sure that everything was running smoothly and that all jobs would be taken care of.

The rulers of Ancient Egypt started with the most powerful of them all, **the Pharaoh.** **He was the highest rank in Ancient Egyptian government.** **This job was inherited by the eldest son.** If there were no sons, the eldest daughter would take the job. **Second in command under the Pharaoh was the Vizier.** He had many jobs like tax collector, mayor, and judge. Sometimes these Viziers even got to be in control of temple treasures. The tax collectors would collect tax in crops, tax in goods or services that produced. There were many other rulers like chief treasure, army commander, prime minister, and minister of public works. All these rulers were important to the Ancient Egyptian government.

Punishments in Ancient Egypt were very cruel. If a person did a crime, so bad, that they had to be killed, they would be strangled, impaled, beheaded, burned at a stake, or embalmed alive. Embalmed alive means to be eaten slowly by an icescape able coating of natron.Another punishment would be mutilation by cutting off body parts like ears, tongue, or hands. One of the most resorted to punishments was beating of the bare back 100 times with a rod.

Ancient Egypt’s government was outstanding and worked very well. Although, their way of penalizing people for crime wasn’t the best. Their government was made up of a very stable structure of officials. Though, their idea of having one supreme ruler rule over everyone wasn’t a smart idea. They tried to make everyone happy by installing new buildings and other objects to where people could live a happy life. Ancient Egypt’s government was one of the best the world has ever had.

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