Crafts and Trade

Aanya Sachdeva

What crafts did the Egyptians make?

• Were sandal makers, stone carvers, leather workers, metalworkers, sculptors, weavers, carpenters, jewelers potters and painters
• Made jewelry, sculptures, statues, and highly finished furniture
• Papyrus sandals, amulets, glass vases, wooden chests
• Used gold, stone, bronze, glass, clay
• Craftspeople usually made for pharaohs, temples, or wealthy

How long did it take to become a crafts men?

• Were taught since they were very young
• Often went to school at pharaoh’s palace with children of royalty
• Higher craftspeople was, higher in social status
• Craftspeople who worked for the royal and wealthy were paid well with foods and other goods
• They lived and much better life than members of lower class

What other countries and empires did the ancient Egyptians trade with?

• Traded with other countries and empires along the Nile River
• Traded crafts and resources
• Trade controlled by pharaoh
• Traded grain, gold, copper, linen, gemstones, different minerals
• Got things they needed- timber, iron. silver, tin, lead
• No coin or currency only trading for other things

[Image] http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/special/virtual_library/nef_tomb_crafts.html. September 16, 2015. Web.

[Image] http://www.akhet.co.uk/kingstat.htm. September 17, 2015. Web.