Begins of Egyptian nation

The spiritual history of any nation as well as of the human life is a mystery because its paths are set by God and the will of each member of this society. Egypt is a country existing for more than five thousand years. Losing independence, forgetting their language, changing their religion the modern Copts turn to their roots and call themselves Egyptians, the descendants of those ancient Egyptians who created the great culture. The current trends of global development certify to the organic relationship of the nation and its spiritual component - religion as an important socio-cultural characteristic of the civilization systems. Original religion was with the language, material culture and common historical tradition, the principal national sign, forming identity. Modern Egyptology argues that the ancient Egyptian religion was not originally monotheistic. Amon, Ptah, Atum - all of them were for the Egyptians creators of the universe, the only guardians of the world order. The Egyptians gave different names to these manifestations, clearly realizing that all these names, ascending to a single entity, identify the individual strength and quality of the unknown God. So, religion is the basis of national life and national consciousness. It establishes a connection and relationship, overcoming alien otherness. However, if such is the close connection between religion and nation, then how could one nation, the Egyptians, split into two religious groups within one Millennium? Such evidence suggests deeper fundamentals of perception or misperception of the spiritual principles such as racial characteristics. This is the depth of the initial element which is laid in the basis of the nation. Modern science has established a link between racial (anthropological) and genetic traits. Being at the crossroads of racial interaction, Egypt has gradually formed the nation of the Egyptians, but consisting of different racial groups. In the epochs of transition, the crisis of the society displayed national preferences at the spiritual level. The anthropological difference between races and existing ethnic groups is not limited to the fact that races are broader communities. However, we can assume that the race was the primary ethnic category, and only then began the anthropological community property. Today, the race is perceived as a purely biological, anthropological community, while ethnicity and nation are a social community. So, the existence of the nation is not defined and is not limited to any race, language or religion, nor to the territory or state sovereignty, although these symptoms are more or less essential for national existence. National consciousness is conservative, not because it is hostile to work, but because it protects the true life, closely related with the ancestors.

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