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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: [QB] ^ I forgot to add that although the pharaohs were far from perfect and may have had issues such as rival claimants to the throne and harem conspiracies, what contrasts them with their royal peers in Asia or Europe was that such issues tended to handled 'in house' so to speak or rather in the royal court and such divisions or feuds for power rarely involved the entire military or common people. Again, I believe the reason for this were the checks and balances placed by the royal priesthoods and the beauracracy which upheld Maat first and foremost and the pharaoh's own station in life was based on Maat. Egyptian royals were groomed and schooled from childhood to fulfil duties that were sacred as well as political. By the law of Maat the peoples of Egypt were in a consentual contract with their ruler. They are like a herd or flock and their king is to be a pastor or shepherd whose job is to guide and protect them from enemies both material and spiritual and NOT abuse or exploit them. To do the latter is a severe violation of Maat and is disreputable to the office and being of the pharaoh himself. All of this changed when foreign rulers set themselves up as rulers of Egypt. These rulers were not trained in the ways of Maat and often used their Egyptian subjects as pawns. A perfect example of this is the Ptolemaic Dynasty who brought their Macedonian ways of involving the people in their dynastic feuds leading to the slaughter of many in the Delta area of Alexandrian Egypt. What I do question is whether the pharaohs violated the rights of certain individuals. I ask this because in past research on divine kingship in Africa I've come across accounts of how African kings would on certain occassions sacrifice certain individuals for their own personal benefit and thus the benefit of their kingdom. For example, I've heard one shocking account from a British gun trader who witnessed a king testing a rifle by shooting and killing a random man. The shocked trader was told such an action was similar to the man being struck by lighting. To be killed by the king who was a god was as much divine providence as it was unfortunate for him and his family but his death served a purpose! [sic] So I am curious as to whether such incidences occurred in ancient Egypt. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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