Crafts and Trade

Johnathan Wright

 

Q: What did the craftspeople do, and what training did they receive?

• Made art for pharaohs, wealthy families, and temples.
• Villagers can get the art for extra farm produce
• Pictures are inspired by nature
• Used simple tools to make it, materials being different stones and metals

Q: Where and when did the craftspeople go to school?

• They are really young when they go to school
• They often go to school with Royal kids at the pharaohs palace

Q: Where did the Egyptians trade?

• Traded at cities and towns along the Nile
• They traded gold, copper, linen, gemstones, and other materials.
• Received Timber, iron, silver, tin, and lead. ( items they didn’t have much of)

Picture resources:

[Image} http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/trade/home.html. 9/16. Web

{Image} http://geo.msu.edu/extra/geogmich/iron.html . 9/16/15. Web