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Ancient Egpytian social structure


The ancient Egyptians had a very distinct social structure. At the top was the Pharaoh; he controls all the people.

Next (after the Pharaoh) are the other members of the Royal family, like the royal wife.

Then came the Pharaoh's adviser also called the Vizier. He was incharge of the government. Nobal men, Court officials and Army officers were in the next social class (upper class).

In the middle class there were: Doctors, Priests, Priestesses and skilled workers. The skilled workers were Scribs, artists and craft men.

In the lower classes you could find slaves, tomb builders, foot soldiers, farmers and fisher men. The foot soldiers were mainly farmers who were called to war.

The poor men and women would have little and would live very hard lives. The lower class in Egypt where mainly farmers and builders. The richer citizens would have good lives that mainly where all about the job that they had (like doctors). In Egypt the nobility who help the Pharaoh run the country; they gave him/her ideas and even became Pharaohs if there were no hiers to the throne. Women in Egypt had a life that was wonderful conpared to women in other countries. They could so so much more.

Now women have the same rights as any man and they can live free lives. They can vote, live and work without a man. Women now have great lives; it's really hard to think back to when women could not do a these things and when poor men were set to war with sometimes nothing and had to work as soon as they came back. There was such a difference between the classes. No one from one classes could marry someone from another. Unlike now where you can marry basicly anyone.

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