Pharaohs- the political and religious leader of the Egyptian
people, holding the titles “lord of the two landsand high priest of every
temple
Egyptian life is centered around the nile river-
Water was used for drinking, for irrigating, for bathing,
and for transportation
Ever july it floods
Every October it leaves behind rich soil
The delta is a broad, marshy triangular area of fertile silt
Managing the river required technological breakthrough in
irrigation
Great sphinx-
Built 2555- 2532bc
A recumbent lion with a humans head
Oldest monumental statue in the world
Authority pyramid-
·
pharaoh
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government officials, nobles, priests
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soldiers
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scribes
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merchants
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artisans
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farmers
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slaves and servants
slaves/ serveants helped the wealthy with
household and childraising duties
raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions-
benefitted from irrigation of the nile
artisans would carve statues and reliefs
showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife
money/barter system was used- merchants
might accept bags of grain for payment- later, coinage came about
scribes kept records, told stories, wrote
poems described anatomy and medical treatments
they wrote in hieroglyphs and in hieratic
religious and political leaders- soldiers
used wooden weapons (bows and arrows, spears) w/ bronze tips and ride chariots
upper class, known as the white kilt class-
priests, physicians and engineers
as the lord of two lands the pharaoh was
the ruler of upper and lower Egypt. He owned all land, made laws, collected
taxes, & DEFENDED EGYPT AGAINST FOREIGNERS
Hatshepsut was a woman who served as a
pharaoh
Cleopatra VII also served as pharaoh but
much later 51-30 bc
Over 2000 gods and goddesses
They controlled the lives of humans
