Intro + Section 1
The social pyramid of ancient Egypt is generally considered this.
What is rigid?
Regardless of status, all Egyptians did this for their dead.
What is mummification and bury their dead with loaves of bread and anything else one might need in the afterlife?
Coming from all classes of society, one of the few ways men could rise above their parents' social class was this.
What is becoming a scribe?
This was a source of fresh water in Egypt.
What was the Nile River?
Ma'at is generally referred to as this.
What is the idea of Truth, Order, and Justice/Balance in Egypt?
All Egyptians cherished this, regardless of class.
What is family life?
This person had more power than anyone except the pharaoh, and duties included: (list 3).
What is the vizier, and: advising and carrying out the commands of pharaoh, appointed an supervised GOs, and acted as a chief judge.
Playing a crucial role in tomb building, this was the most skilled artisan.
Who are stone carvers?
Peasants' lives revolved around the Nile in 3 seasons. In the flooding season, peasants did this.
What is work on royal projects, like building pyramids and temples?
This is a group in society that is ranked by factors such as wealth, property, and rights.
What is social class?
Since most people belonged to the _____ _____ ______ as their parents, there was ______ chance of ______ their status.
There are different types of priests. This was the job of the High Priest.
What is to advise the pharaoh and oversee all religious ceremonies?
Usual work and food for artisans resembled this.
What is that they usually worked alongside one another in big workshops, often for 10 days before taking time off, and relied entirely on their employers for food?
Thought the Libyan and Nubian Deserts were hot and dry, they played a vital role for Egypt and Kush.
What is create a natural barrier that helped protect the people living in the Nile River Valley?
What is the afterlife?
This type of Egyptian almost always inherited high level jobs.
Who are nobles?
Egypt was an agrarian society, and paid taxes with these goods, instead of money.
What is paid in grain, gold, cloth, and silver?
Scribes held a variety of jobs. These are 3 of them.
What are: recorded amounts of grain and food supply; documented results of the gov. census; calculated and collected taxes; recorded court cases and helped enforce laws, kept track of soldiers' food supply and number of enemies killed in battle?
What is on the lowest level of the social pyramid, with the lowest status, and were generally considered unskilled workers?
The social pyramid is this.
What is a pyramid that shows the positions of social classes according to their status in society?
Women enjoyed more rights than many other ancient civilizations. These are 3 rights they enjoyed.
What is: own land, ask for divorces, represent themselves legally, become doctors, priestesses, or government officials?
Religion impacted all Egyptians. How would each class play a role in the burial process of a pharaoh?
Peasants: building tomb; Artisans: creating sarcophagus; Scribes: written prayers; Priests: embalming; GOs: overseeing process?
What is that, despite being highly skilled, they rarely got respect from higher classes (unlike scribes), and were often viewed as little more than common laborers?
Peasants lived lives of extremes. How might they be rewarded or punished according to their harvest?
What is rewarded by being allowed to collect and keep any leftover grain after harvesting, or punished by being brutally beaten because they did not have enough harvest to pay taxes?
Ma'at impacted the actions of all Egyptians in this way.
What is through the observance of balance and harmony people were encouraged to live at peace with others and contribute to communal happiness?
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What is that Egyptians believed that each class had its own role to play, and that created a stable, well-ordered society?