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1.Leave a space on top for title “Work and Daily Life”
2.Glue in notes so that you are able to write on them.
3.Get your highlighter ready to highlight word wall word
definitions.
Pharaoh/ gods, pharaoh’s wife and family
Vizier – the most important court official and advisor to the
pharaoh, Priests, Scribes, Nobles – rich, important
families, Bureaucrats –gov officials
Army officers and Soldiers
Teachers and Doctors
Merchants = traders, Engineers, Architects
Artisans = craftsman the made linen cloth, jewelry, pottery and metal goods
Farmers, Herders, Fishers
Unskilled workers , Tomb Builders, Slaves
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Work and Daily Life p. 117
Scribes
Artisans, Artists, Engineers, and
Architects
Soldiers
Farmers and Peasants
Slaves
Other than priest and government officials, no one was more honored the scribes, or writers. They did not pay taxes!!!
Most of these people worked for the government making or creating things for them. Artisans are skilled craft workers. Engineers and Architects design and build things.
Professional soldiers offered people way chance to rise in status. They received land as payments for their service. They also kept treasure the captured in war.
This was the largest part of society. Farmer spent most of their time working the fields owned by nobles. They paid taxes by giving food. They were also summoned to do other jobs like work on projects during flood seasons
They had very few rights if any. They worked on farms or as servants in households. They could buy their freedom.
Unskilled workers
Performed manual labor – unloading cargo from boats and transporting it to the markets. Fishers. Settled in crowded city neighborhoods. Small mud-brick homes with hard-packed dirt floors, with a court yard. Flat rooftops for social gatherings, playing games, cooking, and sleeping
How People Lived: Social Classes p. 117
1. Upper class a. Elegant homes and estates on the Nile Riverb. Made of wood and sun-dried mud bricksc. 2-3 stories talld. lush gardens and pools filled with fish and water liliese. Dressed in fashionable white linen and wore dark eye makeup and jewelryf. Had servants
2. Middle Classa. Owned businesses and held skilled jobs
b. Smaller homes and dressed more simple3. Lower Class
a. Houses of mud brickb. One room and a roof made of palm leavesc. Ate a simple diet of bread, vegetables, and fruit
Families p. 118
1. Family was important in Egyptian culture
2. Even gods and goddesses were arranged in families
3. Father = head of the family4. Women
– had more rights than women of other early civilizations
– Held a legal status similar to men
– Could own property, buy and sell goods, and obtain divorces
5. Wealthy Women– Could be priests managing
temples and performing religious ceremonies
– Could stay home while husband worked
6. Wives of farmers worked in the fields with their husbands
1. Children– Few went to school; only the wealthy
families sent them to school– Played board games, dolls, spinning
tops, and stuffed leather balls– Must respect their parents
2. Daughters – Learned to sew, cook, and run a
household3. Sons
– Learned their father’s trade (job) because the business would be passed down to them
4. Teenagers – Get married and start families
5. Oldest child– Son or daughter must take care of
their parents when they became too old or sick
– Must make sure parents are given a proper burial
Quiz Wednesday
• Quiz will be over Chapter 5.• Organize your study packet. • Find all the worksheets from the
packet list on the board. • Study the worksheets to prepare
for Wednesday’s Quiz.• Also, study all notes in your
notebook on Egypt Chapter 5.
Compare and Contrast Egyptian Life with Your Life
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