The government of ancient Egypt was a theocratic monarchy, ruled by the king as a mandate from the gods, being the intermediary between humans beings and the divine. The king or pharaoh was the most powerful person in Egypt. He governed over both upper and lower Egypt. The second highest command was the vizier. There were sometimes two viziers, one each to govern upper and lower egypt. In Akhenaten's time their was only one vizier, a man called Nakhtpaaten (“Strong is the Aten”).
There is not a lot of information on the administration of Upper and Lower Egypt in Akhenaten time as he hid away in his capital city and neglected foreign policy, and anything other than his religious policies which he instilled into all of Egyptian. However worship of other gods and goddesses still continued during his reign without his knowledge. There is not much said on his administration of upper and lower Egypt other then the fact that he converted all of Egypt to a monotheistic rule.
Upper and Lower Egypt weren't always unified. According to the work of ancient historian Manetho and his work "Aegyptica" (History of Egypt), King Manes conquered the north “Lower Egypt” and unified both kingdoms in 3118 B.C.
Exactly who the first king of unified Egypt was is still a point of contention among historians, as Manetho’s work was often disputed. According to the historian Eratosthenes, it is believed that Manetho’s King Manes (also called Meni) was the Pharaoh Narmer who peacefully united Upper and Lower Egypt under one rule. The most powerful piece of data supporting this fact is the Narmer Palette, an ancient artifact depicting a king whose name is given as Nar-Mer in the hieroglyphs.
There is not a lot of information on the administration of Upper and Lower Egypt in Akhenaten time as he hid away in his capital city and neglected foreign policy, and anything other than his religious policies which he instilled into all of Egyptian. However worship of other gods and goddesses still continued during his reign without his knowledge. There is not much said on his administration of upper and lower Egypt other then the fact that he converted all of Egypt to a monotheistic rule.
Upper and Lower Egypt weren't always unified. According to the work of ancient historian Manetho and his work "Aegyptica" (History of Egypt), King Manes conquered the north “Lower Egypt” and unified both kingdoms in 3118 B.C.
Exactly who the first king of unified Egypt was is still a point of contention among historians, as Manetho’s work was often disputed. According to the historian Eratosthenes, it is believed that Manetho’s King Manes (also called Meni) was the Pharaoh Narmer who peacefully united Upper and Lower Egypt under one rule. The most powerful piece of data supporting this fact is the Narmer Palette, an ancient artifact depicting a king whose name is given as Nar-Mer in the hieroglyphs.