Calisthenics:
DO NOT WRITE THE QUESTION
1. What was the Egyptian language and
what did they write on?
2. What is a social class?
3. Give an example of the US social class
Egyptian Social Class
Rewind: Social whaaat?
• Social Class = group of people in society with
the same income level or status
Egyptian Social Classes
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Priests and nobles
Farmers
Pharaoh
Craftspeople and merchants
Slaves
Scribes and government officials
Class Zone
• http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/ms_wh_
aemt/resources/html/animations/wh04_egyp
tsocial.html
Pharoh
Priests/Nobles
Scribes &
Government Officials
Craftspeople and Merchants
Farmers
Laborers & Slaves
Pharaoh
• The ruler, or pharaoh was considered a god.
Priests/Nobles
• Priests an nobles are the powerful people in
charge of religion and government.
Scribes & Government Officials
• Together they organized the government and
kept it running smoothly.
Craftspeople & Merchants
• They produced and sold goods Egyptians
needed.
Egyptian Farmers
• Worked the field to supply Egypt w/ foods and
crops.
Laborers & Slaves
• These people did all the most difficult and
dangerous work for Egyptian society.
Women in Egypt
• Gender Roles
• Women’s primary job in both Sumer and
Ancient Egypt was to take care of the children.
• In Egypt, women had almost equal rights.
Women could own property and take other
jobs, like weaving.
• There were also some famous women
Pharaohs, including Hatshepsut and
Cleopatra.
T/F REVIEW!
• Slaves in Sumer had no rights
• Slaves in Ancient Egypt could buy their freedom.
• The job of most women in Sumer and Ancient
Egypt was to take care of the children.
• Women in Ancient Egypt had less rights than
women in Sumer.
• There were no women Pharaohs.
• Women in Egypt could own land.
T/F Continued….
1. The biggest Social Class in Ancient Egypt was
the scribes.
2. The biggest social class in Ancient Egypt was
the laborers and slaves.
3. Landowners in Mesopotamia were in the
lowest class.
4. In Sumer, famers and artisans were in the
middle class.
T/F…AGAIN!!...
5. In Egypt, merchants were higher in the social
hierarchy than scribes.
6. In Egypt, farmers were lower in the social
hierarchy than craftspeople and merchants.
7. In Egypt, priests and nobles were at the same
level as the Pharaoh.
8. In Egypt, scribes and government officials
were at the same level.