What forms of art were women allowed to participate in?
100
Egypt's official writers and record keepers
What did scribes do for Egypt?
100
They advised the Pharaoh and oversaw all religious ceremonies
Who is the High Priest?
100
They came from the Pharaoh's family or upper class families.
Where did the government officials come from?
200
Mud brick homes, furniture of woven mats
What are the homes of peasants like?
200
Three rooms- workroom, living room, kitchen/bedroom
Roof was sometimes a place to sleep and work
What were the homes of artisans like?
200
Spending 12 years in school from dawn to dusk.
How did one become a scribe?
200
They avoided certain foods, bathed 3 or 4 times a day, shaved off all body hair, and wore clothes made of linen.
How did the priests purify themselves?
200
They were high ranking government officials who advised the Pharaoh and carried out his commands. They also appointed and supervised most of the other government officials. They acted as chief judge.
Who was the vizier?
300
Grew crops that supplied food for everyone
What is the primary job of the peasants?
300
Work for 10 days at a time, depended on employers for food, pharaohs called on hundreds at a time to work on royal projects
What was the work life like for an artisans?
300
Men of all classes
Who could be a scribe?
300
They were priestesses and equal to male priests.
What role did women play in religion?
300
They collected taxes and looked after the government's wealth
Who was the chief treasurer?
400
In the form of crops
How did peasants pay taxes?
400
They were tomb builders for wealthy Egyptians, and Egyptians had an elaborate process for burying their dead.
Why did stone carvers play an important role in ancient Egypt?
400
1. Recorded grain and food supply
2. Recorded the government census
3. Calculated and collected taxes
4. Recorded court cases
5. Kept track of army soldiers, food supply, and number of enemies killed
What are the kinds of records Scribes kept?
400
In order to enter the sanctuary
Why did priests purify themselves?
400
They were a top military commander after the Pharaoh.They advised the Pharaoh on matters of war and national security such as how to protect borders from invaders.
Who was the general of armies?
500
Three part answer:
1. Everyone worked to harvest crops
2. Farmers planted seeds
3. Royal projects
1. What is the harvest season?
2. What is the planting season?
3. What is the flooding season?
500
They were little more than common laborers who were never allowed to sign their work, and they didn't get the same respect as scribes.
How did the upper classes view artisans?
500
Finely sharpened reeds, sheets of papyrus, tablets
What are the materials used by scribes to write?
500
They believed the afterlife was much like life.
Why did the Egyptians bury the dead with objects like food, furniture, statues, gold, jewelry, clothes etc?
500
An agreement between nations to work together for common interests