1. Aim: What was life like in Egyptian Society?

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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