The social hierarchy of the ancient Egyptians was very unique. It was pretty much like a social pyramid. The slaves were at the bottoms of the pyramid. Then came the farmers, artisans, merchants, scribes, soldiers, priests, and the pharaoh in that order. I thought it was a coincidence that the bottom of the pyramid was the biggest and that was how big the population of each group was. The pharaoh owned all the land, was in charge of all the taxes, and protected from the land from other foreigners.
The Nile River was so important to the Egyptian people because it was their source of water, for them and to grow their crops. It was an important way of transportation to trade goods and needs with other Egyptian etc. The people all lived around the Nile river because it provided just about everything they needed for them. It was their provider. Every July is flooded and every October it left rich soil for the people. They used that to plant crops and harvest food.
No comments:
Post a Comment