Daily Life & Social Structure
DAILY LIFE-
Regular day people would In the lower class families the mother raised the children. The wealthy and nobility, had slaves and servents that helped take care of the children by helping with their daily needs. If a couple had no children they would pray to the god and goddesses to help them through the day. They would also place words on the tombs of the dead relatives asking them to use their infuence witht he gods. Magic or adoption were also used as an attempt to have children. Even back then the Ancient Egyptians did the same daily routines, such as men and women wearing makeup. The eye-paint was usually green (made from copper) or black (made from lead). As well as offering protection from the sun, the Egyptians believed makeup had magical healing powers! This is only one thing that we have in common with the Egyptians. Another thing that we have in common with them is having cats as pets. Cats were considered to be a sacred animal by the Ancient Egyptians. It's thought that most families kept a cat as a pet, which they believed would bring the household good luck! Just like now, ancient Egyptians were religious people. Ancient Egyptians believed in more than 2,000 deities! They had gods for everything from, dangers to chores! Each had different responsibilities and needed to be worshiped so that life could be kept in balance.
SOCIAL STRUCTURE-
In the social pyramid of ancient Egypt the pharaohs were at the top. The pharaoh's roles were to be a god, but in human form. Next came the government officials, priests, and noblemen. The government officials were the keepers of government records and scribes for the pharaoh. Priests had the responsibility of pleasing the pharaoh. Lastly, the noble men had to hold government posts. Next in the social pyramid, were the soldiers. Soldiers fought in wars or quelled domestic uprisings. During long periods of peace, soldiers also supervised the peasants, farmers, and slaves who were involved in building such structures as pyramids and palaces. In the middle of the social structure was the artisans, scribes, and merchants. At the bottom of the social structure were slaves and farmers. Slavery became the fate of those captured as prisoners of war. In addition to being forced to work on building projects, slaves toiled at the discretion of the pharaoh or nobles. Farmers tended the fields, raised animals, kept canals and reservoirs in good order, worked in the stone quarries, and built the royal monuments. Farmers paid taxes that could be as much as 60 percent of their yearly harvest — that sure is a lot of money.
Regular day people would In the lower class families the mother raised the children. The wealthy and nobility, had slaves and servents that helped take care of the children by helping with their daily needs. If a couple had no children they would pray to the god and goddesses to help them through the day. They would also place words on the tombs of the dead relatives asking them to use their infuence witht he gods. Magic or adoption were also used as an attempt to have children. Even back then the Ancient Egyptians did the same daily routines, such as men and women wearing makeup. The eye-paint was usually green (made from copper) or black (made from lead). As well as offering protection from the sun, the Egyptians believed makeup had magical healing powers! This is only one thing that we have in common with the Egyptians. Another thing that we have in common with them is having cats as pets. Cats were considered to be a sacred animal by the Ancient Egyptians. It's thought that most families kept a cat as a pet, which they believed would bring the household good luck! Just like now, ancient Egyptians were religious people. Ancient Egyptians believed in more than 2,000 deities! They had gods for everything from, dangers to chores! Each had different responsibilities and needed to be worshiped so that life could be kept in balance.
SOCIAL STRUCTURE-
In the social pyramid of ancient Egypt the pharaohs were at the top. The pharaoh's roles were to be a god, but in human form. Next came the government officials, priests, and noblemen. The government officials were the keepers of government records and scribes for the pharaoh. Priests had the responsibility of pleasing the pharaoh. Lastly, the noble men had to hold government posts. Next in the social pyramid, were the soldiers. Soldiers fought in wars or quelled domestic uprisings. During long periods of peace, soldiers also supervised the peasants, farmers, and slaves who were involved in building such structures as pyramids and palaces. In the middle of the social structure was the artisans, scribes, and merchants. At the bottom of the social structure were slaves and farmers. Slavery became the fate of those captured as prisoners of war. In addition to being forced to work on building projects, slaves toiled at the discretion of the pharaoh or nobles. Farmers tended the fields, raised animals, kept canals and reservoirs in good order, worked in the stone quarries, and built the royal monuments. Farmers paid taxes that could be as much as 60 percent of their yearly harvest — that sure is a lot of money.