What is a “social pyramid”? - Ancient...
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What is a “social pyramid”?
• Think about the social pyramid at your school? Who would you place at the top, middle,
bottom? Think about the influential people at your school, and place them in the
pyramid!
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Pharaoh• The supreme ruler
over all of Egypt, wore a special crown known as the double crown (combination of white and red symbolizing the joining of Upper and Lower Egypt)
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Government Officials• Powerful,
wealthy, noble
families, very high quality
of life
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Priests• Religious leaders, in charge of
temples and rituals, in charge
of death and burial
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Scribe• Recorded information
for government and religious
leaders
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Artisans• Crafts people,
carpenters, metalworkers,
painters, sculptors,
stone carvers
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Peasants• LARGEST part
of the population,
worked the land (farmers), building pharaohs
massive projects
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• Turn to a neighbor and share at least ONE role within the social pyramid of Egypt, and why it was important to the overall development of the civilization of Egypt?