1. Class system

1. Pharaohs

1. originally meant;

1. "great house"
2. king?s palace

1. later it stood for;

1. rulers
2. gods

1. god-king
4. Menes

1. Pharaoh
2. 3100 B.C.
3. united Upper and Lower Egypt
4. established the capital city

1. Memphis
2. 12 miles south of Cairo

1. 1^st dynasty

1. ruling family
2. passed the right to rule down to children

1. Old Kingdom
2. Middle Kingdom
3. New Kingdom

1. Ruling Class

1. made up of;

1. nobles

1. held government offices
2. lived in palaces

1. priests

1. job was to keep gods happy
2. gods controlled the universe

1. Middle class

2. 2. provided goods and services to the ruling class
3. a. included;

1. merchants
2. scribes
3. physicians
4. skilled workers;

1. potters
2. jewelers
3. weavers

1. artists

D. 3^rd class

2. 1. peasants

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

a. lived in villages

3. 1. farmers

1. pharaoh gave farmer land to farm
2. farmer gave pharaoh 3\5 of all crops

1. slaves

1. worked for;

1. 2. pharaohs

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

3. nobles

4. wealthy merchants

2. b. some farmed their own plots of land

11. Hatshepsut

1. Women

1. rights;

1. could own property
2. could work in a business
3. could mix freely with men in public

1. unusual for the time

1. Ruled as a pharaoh

1. ruled for stepson Thutmose !!!
2. took the title of king
3. accomplishments;

1. built temples
2. raised monuments
3. sent trading voyages;

1. to the east coast of Africa
2. brought back;

1. gold
2. ivory
3. perfumes
4. sweet smelling trees
5. live animals
3. her name was removed from history

1. Thutmose 111