Aim: What was life like in Egyptian Society?

Society Structure was a Pyramid 1) Pharaoh/Royal Family 2) Wealthy Landowners & Government Officials 3) Middle Class (Merchants/Artisans) 4) Lower Class (Peasant Farmers/Laborers) 5) Slaves 2

Women’s Role Held many of the same rights as men Middle Class women could own and trade property Could propose marriage or divorce 3

How was Society able to Advance? Egyptian Writing Scribes developed a writing system called Hieroglyphics Pictures and symbols represented ideas Owl stood for M or a bird Written on paper called Papyrus 4

New Sciences and Technologies 1) Calendar Track floods and planting seasons 2) System of numbers Collecting taxes 3) Medicine Learned how to check someone’s pulse 5