A women’s ‘rank’ in Ancient Egypt depended mostly on the rank of their husband. Lower class women were responsible for domestic chores such as caring for children and grinding grain for flour. They also worked long hours in the fields. Upper class women were able to run their own household. They had their own rites for properties, and they could buy and sell property in their own right. Some women were able to reach such positions as officials A famous Egyptian woman who became a Vizier was Nebet The most famous woman who became a Pharaoh was Queen Hatshepsut Some jobs that women held across the different social classes in Egypt included slavery, working on the fields, running households, buying and selling properties.Monday, June 30, 2008
Woman in Egypt
A women’s ‘rank’ in Ancient Egypt depended mostly on the rank of their husband. Lower class women were responsible for domestic chores such as caring for children and grinding grain for flour. They also worked long hours in the fields. Upper class women were able to run their own household. They had their own rites for properties, and they could buy and sell property in their own right. Some women were able to reach such positions as officials A famous Egyptian woman who became a Vizier was Nebet The most famous woman who became a Pharaoh was Queen Hatshepsut Some jobs that women held across the different social classes in Egypt included slavery, working on the fields, running households, buying and selling properties.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Social Pyramid
The Social Pyramid was divided up into different social classes. At the top of the Social Pyramid was Pharaoh. They were gods chosen to lead the people and preserve order. Priests are the second most important people in Egypt, they highly powerful, just under the pharaoh. They carry out the sacred rituals at each temple and they control the temples of the G-d’s.
Officials collect taxes and run system, they held government officials. They are 3rd in the system. The Egyptian army was well organized and included infantry and chariot troops. The infantry, or foot soldiers, carried spears, shields, and battle axes. During peace time, soldiers worked on government projects such as digging irrigation canals for farming, or transporting stone for the king's tomb. Soldiers are 4th in the system. Scribes are next in the social Pyramid. They studied for many years to learn to read and write. Scribes had great opportunities as accountants, priests, doctors, and government officials of all sorts. Artisans were skilled workers, stonemasons, carpenters, painters.
They are 6th form the top of the pyramid. Slaves worked in the household or in the fields. They do not get payed a wage as they belong to there master. The slaves did not have any power at all. They were owned by their masters and had no control over their own lives.
Egyptian Odyssey
Officials collect taxes and run system, they held government officials. They are 3rd in the system. The Egyptian army was well organized and included infantry and chariot troops. The infantry, or foot soldiers, carried spears, shields, and battle axes. During peace time, soldiers worked on government projects such as digging irrigation canals for farming, or transporting stone for the king's tomb. Soldiers are 4th in the system. Scribes are next in the social Pyramid. They studied for many years to learn to read and write. Scribes had great opportunities as accountants, priests, doctors, and government officials of all sorts. Artisans were skilled workers, stonemasons, carpenters, painters.
They are 6th form the top of the pyramid. Slaves worked in the household or in the fields. They do not get payed a wage as they belong to there master. The slaves did not have any power at all. They were owned by their masters and had no control over their own lives.
Egyptian Odyssey
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