Preview 99.1•What might the symbols on the different levels of the pyramid represent?

•Why do you think the levels at the top of the pyramid are smaller while those at the bottom are larger?

•Select one of the classes. What do you think daily life was like for someone in that class?

9.2•Name the classes in Egypt’s social pyramid.

•In what ways was ancient Egypt’s society similar to the society of Chaparral?

•In what ways was it different?

Dramatization of Daily Life in Egypt

Government Officials

Vizier - chief judge, appointed officials, advised pharaoh

Chief treasurer collected taxes (grain, cows, beer)

General of the armies – advised pharaoh on defense, helped make alliances

Luxury – banquets, exotic foods, entertainment

Priests

Many rules – bathe, shave, certain foods

Jobs - advising the pharaoh, supervising ceremonies

Oversaw embalming

Believed dead needed body in afterlife

Scribes

Could rise to higher social class

12 years in school, 700+ hieroglyphs, boys only

Teachers often beat students

Reed pens, papyrus, writing tablet, ink wellsRecord events, taxes, supplies, laws, etc.

Artisans

Carpenters, jewelers, metalworkers, painters, sculptors, weavers

Rarely recognized by the upper class for their workConsidered to be common laborers

Stone carving difficult, used hard rock (granite)

Small homes

Peasants

Flooding, planting, and harvest season

Sang as they worked

Simple diet: bread, beer, some vegetables, maybe fish

Keep leftover grain, beaten if poor harvest

What was the purpose of the Great Pyramid at Giza?

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1. It was a storehouse for grain

2. It was a tomb for the pharaoh

3. It was a temple for the gods

4. It was a place to display paintings and sculptures

First female pharaoh.Greatly expanded trade.

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1. Khufu

2. Senusret I

3. Hatshepsut

4. Ramses II

Pharaoh during the Middle Kingdom.Known for building the White Chapel.

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1. Khufu

2. Senusret I

3. Hatshepsut

4. Ramses II

To ensure the people would follow him, he declared himself a

god

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1. Khufu

2. Senusret I

3. Hatshepsut

4. Ramses II

A Nile River reed used to make paper

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1. Papyrus

2. Sarcophagus

3. Embalm

4. Silt

The highest social group in Egypt, after the pharaoh

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1. Artisans

2. Priests

3. Peasants

4. Government officials

Although they were highly skilled, they were viewed only as

common laborers

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1. Priests

2. Artisans

3. Peasants

4. scribes

This job was one of the few ways to improve a persons social status

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1. Farmer

2. Priest

3. Government official

4. scribe

What is one way the Jordan River is different from the Nile River?

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1. The Jordan doesn’t flood

2. The Nile doesn’t have fish in it

3. The Jordan is salty

4. You can boogie board on the Nile

Take notes on the mummification process. Main ideas only.

Mummification Notes (ISN 88)

Go tochaparralmiddle.orgMrs. Landi’s website. Links. Mummy Maker.

Khufu

Senusret I

Hatshepsut

Ramses II

Hatshepsut’s Temple

Ramses’ Temple

Great Pyramid

White Chapel

Gov’t Officials

Priests

Scribes

Artisans

Peasants

Egypt Test (20 ques. X 3 pts. = 60 points)

20-18 = A17-16 = B15-14 = C13-12 = D11 and below = F

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Homework•Design and fully color cartouche due Wed.•Ch. 10 Vocabulary due Friday•ISN Eval. #3 Friday

Homework:

Name in hieroglyphs (ISN 89) due Tues.Ch. 10 Vocabulary due Thurs.

Monday, Nov. 8th & Tuesday, Nov. 9th

GRAPESGRAPES

Geography Religion Achievements Politics EconomicsSocialSocial

StructuresStructures

•Surrounding deserts – natural barrier•Africa•Nile R.-food, fresh water, floods annually (silt)

•Cats were sacred•Believed pharaohs were gods•Mummified bodies for use in the afterlife•Buried pharaohs in tombs•Polytheistic – many gods

•Pyramids – tombs•Hieroglyphics – writing system•Medicine•Geometry used to build pyramids•Papyrus = paper•Calendar•Time periods = Old, Middle, New Kingdoms

•King Tut- pharaoh as a young boy•Cleopatra•Hatshepsut•Pharaohs = supreme leader, king•Gov’t officials – advise pharaoh

•Hatshepsut – trade expedition to Punt, brought resources to Egypt•Nile used as a “highway” for trade•Paid taxes with goods

•Pharaoh•Gov’t Officials•Priests•Scribes•Artisans•Peasant farmers

GRAPES of EgyptGRAPES of Egypt

Geography Religion Achievements Politics EconomicsSocialSocial

StructuresStructures

•Nile R. floods annually•Fertile soil, good for farming•Surrounding deserts = natural barriers•Africa

•Hundreds of gods-polytheistic•Believed in an afterlife•Mummified bodies to use in the afterlife•Cats = sacred

•Papyrus = paper•Notched key•Pyramid = tomb•Good at geometry•Mummified•Hieroglyphics

•Pharaoh – king•Believed to be a god •Ramses the Great•Old, Middle, New Kingdoms

•Traded goods•Taxes paid in goods•Chief Treasurer in charge of collecting taxes

•Pharaoh•Gov’t Officials•Priests•Scribes•Artisans•Peasant farmers

GRAPESGRAPES

Geography Religion Achievements Politics EconomicsSocialSocial

StructuresStructures

•Nile R.•Floods annually•Silt makes land fertile•Africa

•Polytheistic – believe in many gods•Cats mummified – used in ceremonies•Belief in an afterlife

•Embalmed bodies (mummify)•Studied medicine•Papyrus•Pyramids (pharaohs’ tombs)

•King Tut- pharaoh as a child, 9 year reign •Hatshepsut – girl power!!•Ramses II (the Great) over 60 years

•Paid taxes with goods•Scribes wrote down harvest and tax collections

•Pharaoh•Gov’t officials•Priests•Scribes•Artisans•Peasant Farmers

GRAPESGRAPES

Geography Religion Achievements Politics EconomicsSocialSocial

StructuresStructures

•Africa•Nile R.•Floods annually•Surrounded by deserts (protection)•Mediterranean Sea•Lebanon Mtns.•“Gift of the Nile”

•White Chapel (Senusret I)•Believed pharaohs were gods•Afterlife •Mummified bodies to use in afterlife•Priests conducted embalming ceremonies•Mummified cats, used in ceremonies

•Pyramids (tomb)•Papyrus – baskets, paper…•1st to use pen & paper

•Hatshepsut-1st female pharaoh

•Hat. –trade expedition to Punt

•Pharaoh•Gov’t officials

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