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1 EGYPTIAN CULTURE 3-4

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

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

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

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

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

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

8 EVERYDAY LIFE

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

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

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

12 ACHIEVEMENTS Used basic math Addition Subtraction Multiplication
Division Fractions

13 ACHIEVEMENTS Had a standard unit of measurement
Cubit to in

14 ACHIEVEMENTS Medicine Performed surgery set broken bones
Treated injuries

15 ACHIEVEMENTS

16 ACHIEVEMENTS Created medicines from plants

17 THE END


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