EGYPTIAN CULTURE 3-4

Egyptian Culture 3-4 Social Classes Slaves Peasants (2 seasons) Women Rights Jobs Achievements Hieroglyphs Rosetta Stone .

EVERYDAY LIFE Egyptian society had social classes Pharaoh Priests & Nobles Merchants & Artisans Peasants (farmers and builders)

EVERYDAY LIFE Captured prisoners became slaves Had some rights in society Could own personal items & inherit land from their masters

EVERYDAY LIFE Peasants had two seasons Flood season- worked on roads, temples, & other buildings Water receded- worked in the fields

EVERYDAY LIFE Women had most of the rights men had Could own property Run businesses Enter into legal contracts Travel freely

EVERYDAY LIFE Women had various positions Supervisor of farm workers or hunters Priestess Dancer Supervisor of temples & religious sites regent

EVERYDAY LIFE

ACHIEVEMENTS Used a writing system of hieroglyphs Rosetta Stone- used to translate hieroglyphs

ACHIEVEMENTS Made an early form of paper from papyrus Reeds found in the Nile delta

ACHIEVEMENTS Calendar Determined the length of a year based on astronomical observations

ACHIEVEMENTS Used basic math Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division Fractions

ACHIEVEMENTS Had a standard unit of measurement Cubit - 20.61 to 20.63 in

ACHIEVEMENTS Medicine Performed surgery set broken bones Treated injuries

ACHIEVEMENTS

ACHIEVEMENTS Created medicines from plants

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