Social Classes
Casey Powell
What are the social classes and how are they organized?
- The social classes were set up in shape of pyramid
- The pharaoh was at the top of the pyramid, then came royal family, nobles, and government
- Third from top priests and priestesses, after them came scribes
- Next came artists and skilled workers, and lastly came the laborers
Why was the pharaoh the most powerful person in all of Ancient Egypt and how did he keep his power?
- The pharaoh owned all of the land and had all of the control
- The way the pharaoh kept the people happy was by providing land
- Even though he was powerful he needed help of nobles, military advisors, priests, and a bureaucracy and a vizier
Why were scribes more powerful than artists and laborers?
- Scribes had to attend school for long time and it was difficult to learn the hieroglyphs
- They recorded important events and sometimes wrote books for rich people
- Becoming a scribe is a way a person might become wealthy
What did the artists make and what was their place in the society?
- Furniture, jewelry, and cloth
- Not largest class
- Second from bottom of pyramid
Why were the laborers important to the Egyptians?
- The laborers farmed crops
- During the inundation, which is the annual flooding of the Nile, laborers worked on buildings such as pyramids
- Were also needed to build structures such as pyramids
Picture Citations
[Image] http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/large.aspx?img=images/KMKG-MRAH/BrE.0586%281%29. 9/16/15. Web
[Image] http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/special/virtual_library/amarna_letters.html. 9/16/15. Web