Priests served the gods’ needs and, at times, the power of the High Priest of Amun-Ra rivaled pharaoh’s. Pharaoh appointed the priests during early periods but later the posts became hereditary. <span>Scribes, part of the third level of the pyramid, were some of the only people in Egypt who could </span>read and write<span>. They </span>kept the records<span> of the country including the amount of food produced and gifts presented to the gods. </span>
Cortes was able to defeat the Aztecs because of his warfare and the skills that they were able to improve back when they defeated the Moores
Their government was mostly consisting of corrupt bureaucrats and ineffective economic policies that mostly helped the rich stay rich and the poor stay poor. In between them was a king who tried to implement some more liberal policies for the people, but Alexander III mostly reversed them all because he didn't want his autocracy to be challenged.<span />
