Domestic Life

Alyssa Zolfo

P1.What did Egyptians do for Marriage?

• Strong sense of family and often married within the family or social class.
• A marriage was not a formal legal or religious ceremony.
• A marriage started when the man and women set up a household together.
• Divorce happened when people separated after being together for a while.
• After a divorce, the couples were allowed to re-marry.
• P2.In Egypt, what was the women’s role in a Family?
  • A women’s social position depended on her father/husbands social status.
  • Women in upper class had different lives than the women in lower class.
  • Women of nobility/important officials, rise kids, household, servants.
  • Upper lass did little or no manual work.
  • Women- lower classes raise kids,cook, clean, and make clothes, work in field
  • P3.Did Women have the same rights as men in Egypt?
    • Women had individual rights.
    • Could own/rent properties.
    • Share equally in inheritance by father/husband.
    • In laws, women were equal to men.
    • Entitled to bring charges and court.
    • Were in charge of own actions/had to answer in court.
    • P4.What did Children do in Egypt
    • Married at young age. 12 –girls   15 – boy
    • Kids who didn’t attend school took part in daily activities.
    • Kid’s play leapfrog, tug of war, and board game called senate.
    • Children also played with balls, toy animals, and dolls.
    • Boys pretended to be soldiers.
    • Girls played games involving dancing.
    • Egypt kids died before 5 years old.
    • Kids were accepted as full members of society, when reached puberty.

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