western civ.

#3 During the years of 2700 to 2200 BC the Egyptians enjoyed stability and prosperity. In Egypt the king was the god and acted as the welfare for the citizens of the land; the King used a set of ethics that included order, justice, and truth. All the kings lived in the pharaoh, which was a sign of power that meant great house in the Egyptian language. A third dynasty King was the first king to construct a six-step pyramid of hard stone. The fourth dynasty Snefru put up spectacular pharaoh of three monuments, then his son Giza created the largest pyramid at the time which covered 13.1 acres, 756 feet long and 481 feet high. Not only did these pyramids represent wealth; they show great technical skills, and the ability to focus and their impressive human effort. Many of these pharaohs rise above the land and the tombs were in the base and showed signs of the Egyptian state being more powerful then most others. However over time despite great attempts to keep the pyramids sacred; the...