Kingdoms- Government!✨ Flashcards
1
Q
Who did the pharoh rely on?
A
The pharoh relied on a bureaucracy
2
Q
What is a bureaucracy?
A
A bureaucracy is a system of offices and officials that handle the government.
3
Q
Who was the head of Egypt’s bureaucracy called?
A
The head of Egypt’s bureaucracy was called a vizier.
4
Q
Who did the bureaucracy collect taxes from and what did they pay in?
A
Bureaucracy’s collected taxes from farmers, and farmers payed in surplus crops.
5
Q
what did they do with these taxes?
A
The bureaucracy took some for itself and distributed the rest to priests, the pharoh, and to artisans and merchants who worked for the pharoh.
6
Q
What was Egypts bureaucracy and system of taxation a model for?
A
Egypt’s bureaucracy and system of taxation was a model for later governments.
