This offical was the chief judge and supervised other officials
What is the vizier?
100
This official was considered the higest-ranked priest of all.
Who was the pharaoh?
100
Scribes worked for these groups
What are government officials, nobles, and priests?
100
These artisans were considered the most skilled artisans because of their work in making statues, engravings, tombs & monuments
What are stone carvers?
100
These 3 seasons are what peasants' lives revolved around
What are the flooding season, the planting season, and the harvest season?
200
This official's job main duty was to collect taxes
Who is the chief treasurer?
200
This official advised the pharaoh and oversaw all religious ceremonies
Who is the High Priest?
200
Most students at scribe school came from these classes
What are the artisan or merchant classes?
200
Workers in the artisan class included people skilled in these crafts (name at least 5)
What are carpenters, jewelers, leatherworkers, metalworkers, weavers, painters, potters & sculptors
200
Besides their farming duties, peasants often had to do this as well
What is working on royal projects such as building pyramids & temples?
300
This government official advised the pharaoh in matters of war, national security, and helped the pharaoh in making alliances with other kingdoms.
Who is the general of the armies?
300
This priest's main job was to take care of the temple god
What is the temple priest?
300
Scribes usually began school around this age
What is five years of age?
300
Artisans were not recognized for their skill and creativity by these classes
What are the upper classes?
300
These foods were typical of peasants' diets (name at least 4)
What are onions, cucumbers, fish, homemade bread, peas, lentils, water and beer?
400
These kinds of food were often eaten at lavish banquets: (name at least 5 kinds)
What are geese, ducks, pigeons, quail, antelope, wild sheep, goats; figs, dates, grapes, coconuts; bread, cakes, honey, beer and wine
400
Shaving of the head & body hair, frequent bathing, wearing linen clothing, avoiding certain foods and animal products were a part of this process for priests
What is purification
400
Scribe school took about this many years to complete because of the large number of hieroglyphs (700) that they had to memorize?
What is 12 years?
400
These working conditions were typical for artisans
What is working side by side in large workshops and working 10 days at a stretch?
400
Peasants were allowed to do this at the end of the harvest season
What is gather up leftover grain to keep for food?
500
These types of entertainment were regular features of banquets
What is entertainment by musicians, dancers & acrobats?
500
Priests oversaw this important process to prepare the dead for the afterlife
What is embalming?
500
Scribes performed these varied duties as part of their jobs (name at least 3)
What are recording census results, calculating & collecting taxes, keeping track of the army's soldiers, recording court cases & enforcing laws
500
Artisans often went hungry because of this
What is being dependent upon their employers for food?
500
Peasants could be punished or brutally beaten for these reasons
What are a poor harvests and not being able to pay taxes?