Two viziers would be appointed, one for Upper Egypt and one for Lower Egypt.
How many viziers were appointed by the pharaoh?
100
The scribes would wear white kilt dresses.
What kind of clothing did the scribes wear?
100
Crafters are trained and skilled labourers.
What are crafters?
100
Corvee duty is specific tasks that provided labour for the slaves such as maintaining the vital irrigation systems and constructing tombs,temples,and public buildings.
What is corvee duty?
200
The pharaoh's job was to maintain Ma'at.
What was the pharaoh's job?
200
They held these positions because they were apart of important families and these positions were passed along form generation to generation.
What did the nobles and military leaders hold the highest positions in the administrative departments?
200
Priests would control all religious functions, such as managing the temple.
What kinds of tasks would priests do?
200
Some crafters lived in the city, and others were employed by the pharaoh or a noble.
Where did the crafters live?
200
Peasant farmers are also known as fellabin.
What is another name for peasant farmers?
300
The pharaoh is a descendant of the great sun god Re.
Who does the pharaoh decent from?
300
Viziers served the pharaoh's deputy in all affairs of state.
What was the vizier's job?
300
Scribes were the teachers of their society, and education was highly valued.
Why was a scribes role important?
300
They were weavers, sandal-makers, mat-makers, incense moulders, potters, brick-makers, jewelers, carpenters, stonemasons, silversmiths, and goldsmiths.
What were some of the various jobs crafters had?
300
Female slaves would do household work, while the male slaves did labour as soldiers, farmers, and maintenance labours.
What were the daily chores of slaves?
400
The pharaoh's personal staff consisted a steward, a chamberlain, and a first herald.
Who was in the pharaoh's personal staff?
400
Nobles and military leaders oversee the property and storehouses of a god, serve as a steward to the pharaoh, or supervise engineering and construction works for the government.
What did they oversee?
400
They're able to read and write the hieroglyphics.
Why are the priests and scribes different than any other class?
400
Crafters specialized in painting, pottery, furniture making, etc.
What did crafters specialize in?
400
They had to maintain the vital irrigation system, construct tombs, temples, and public buildings.
What were some of the tasks peasant farmers had to perform?
500
The nomarchs' purpose was to to govern the 42 provinces, collect local taxes, maintain the laws and order, raise troops, and organize workers.
Why did the pharaoh appoint a nomarch for each nome?
500
An army commander and governors were appointed to rule the conquered territories within the empire.
What other high government officials were appointed by the pharaoh?
500
They collected and recorded taxes, wrote reports, educated the young and organized rations of the army.
What daily tasks would scribes perform?
500
Crafters produced many goods that Egyptian traders carried into foreign territory.
Why are crafters so important to the Egyptian society?
500
Peasant farming defined the cultivating of crops and rearing animals.
Why were the peasant farmers so important to Egyptian society?