The rise and fall of Ancient Egypt

roles of people in society

there are seven stages in society the first would have been the pharaoh this person pretty much ran everything and was believed to be a minor god.

the second stage in the society was the vizier. the Vizier were next after the pharaoh, they are also known as djat or tjat. They were the administrated head of the government. They implemented the pharaohs policies. They also arranged the various governmental agencies to help carry them out.

Next would probably be the nobles and priest. The nobles were the only ones who were able to hold governmental posts. In these positions the nobles and priest profited from tributes paid to the Pharaoh. The priest job was to please the gods for the people they grew wealthy from the gifts that people gave to the gods.

For a while the pharaoh was convinced that they needed a military to protect themselves but later when the hyksos started to invade they realized that a military was needed. A soldiers life was not always the easiest they needed to train to keep their endurance and strength and they used many weapons the most important was probably the bow and arrow. The soldiers also worked as farmers and construction workers if they were not in war.

Scribes would come up after the soldiers. The scribes were probably the most important part of the ancient Egypt if it was not for them we would probably not know that much about ancient Egypt. They were the ones who wrote the hielogriphics in the tombs. They also wrote the stalks in the markets. Their writing is one of the only sources of what life was like back then. Scribes were also the bases to the academics and culture of ancient Egypt.

Craftsman were the artists of the time. They made everything from amulets to paintings their paintings revolved around there beliefs at the time. They were not allowed to sign there work but if it was good word would get a round saying who did it. They usually lived comfortable lives.

the farmers grew and harvested the crops that fed the people of ancient Egypt. During the flooding season farmers would work on building projects for the Pharaoh. The slaves worked in the pharaohs palace doing daily chores to keep it running

the religion of ancient Egypt

by, Noel Zerai

The beliefs in ancient Egypt ranged from pharaoh to pharaoh the most popular religion from then would probably be the one with multiple gods (Ra, Isis, Horus etc.)

Ra

Ra was the sun god and the most important god to the Ancient Egyptians beliefs. Ra was drawn as a man with a hawk head and a headdress with a sun disk. At one point Ra was combined with another god Amun and the two made an even more powerful god, Amun-Ra. Ra was said to have created all forms of life and was the supreme ruler of the gods.

Isis

Isis was the mother goddess. It was thought that she would protect and help people in need of safety. She was drawn as a woman with a headdress in the shape of a throne. She was also the goddess of health and medicine.

Osiris

Osiris was ruler of the underworld and god of the dead. He was the husband of Isis and father of Horus. Osiris was drawn as a mummified man with a feathered headdress.

Horus

Horus was the god of the sky. Horus was the son of Isis and Osiris. He was drawn as a man with the head of a hawk.He was he ruler of the Egyptians, Pharaoh,he was also a pharoah was thought to be the living version Horus. In this way Pharaoh was the leader of the Egyptian religion and the people's representative to the gods.

government and high society

By, Noel Zerai

In Ancient Egypt the pharaohs were believed to be Heloise the god in a different form so there for they were really special. There weren't many people who tried to go against him because well that would not be good.

Most of the people who were living in the higher classes did not have much trouble and were usually priests. They were highly honored and at the same time frauds because they took a lot of sacrifices that were for the Gods.

The fall

by, Noel Zerai

ancient Egypt fell after Cleopatra committed suicide, there was a civil war, and they were at wars so they crumbled. Later the Assyrians took control of ancient Egypt