Daily life of Egypt Project- Social Classes
Ryan Chase
1st Class
The first class consisted of the royal family and the Pharaoh.
The Pharaoh was in charge of everything. His family was very important too because they are going to be the next Pharaohs.
The Pharaoh was the one that all the Egyptians believed to talk to the Gods and made the sun rise and set.
2nd Class
The second class consisted of all the people that helped the Pharaoh these people were Priests, Military officials, Tax collectors and Powerful Nome’s.
The Priest’s job was to perform special rituals at temples because the Pharaoh can’t be at all of them.
The Military officials were important because their job was to command the Egyptian army. The generals traveled with the Army and were the ones that invaded other territories. Since the Military official was out a lot he left the house to his family.
The Tax Collector’s job was to go around to houses and collect the taxes for the Pharaoh. He was also in charge of all the Grain and keeping in a journal how much there was to be able to distribute.
The powerful Nome’s went around and did the Pharaohs biddings by traveling and checking in on things.
All the people in the second class were rich, had servants and had big houses.
3rd class
The third class consisted of all the Scribes, Skilled Workers, Potters, Craftsman and Builders.
The Scribes had to go to a school just to become a scribe. It was so hard to graduate that only 1% of Egyptians were Scribes. So imagine how hard it was to become a Pharaoh! The Scribe’s had jobs as historic note takers and accountants. The Scribes lived in moderate houses the houses were worse than the second class but better than the fourth class.
The Craftsman and other Skilled Workers had their own business selling what they make. The better you were the more money you could make. If you were good at your job you would sell what you make to the second and first class people. If you were ok you would sell it to the third and the fourth class people. The Craftsman and Skilled Workers lived in houses like the Scribes but there houses were different because they need space to build what they sold.
These third class people relied on the fourth class people to make the crops so that they can trade with them to feed their family since they didn’t have any crops to make.
4th Class
The fourth class people were the farmers.That is where most people made a job in Egypt. But don’t think these people aren’t important!
The farmers are what makes Egypt up because they make all the food for the civilization. They use the Nile’s water to fertilize their soil. They mostly grew grain and some other kinds of crops.
The farmer’s houses were the second lowest houses, besides the slaves. They didn’t have a lot of money to spend.
The slaves were lower than the farmers because they didn’t have to know how to do anything but get and do instructions. So they had no money and had to share houses.
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(Image)<http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EGYPT/people.html>9/15/15.Web.
(Image http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/newkingdom/priests.html> 9/15/15.Web.
Jaquelin Morley. How Would You Survive as an Ancient Egyptian?. Franklin Watts. 1995. Print
