Dec 16, 2015
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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