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EGYPTIAN CULTURE 3-4
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Egyptian Culture 3-4 Social Classes Slaves Peasants (2 seasons) Women
Rights Jobs Achievements Hieroglyphs Rosetta Stone .
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EVERYDAY LIFE Egyptian society had social classes Pharaoh
Priests & Nobles Merchants & Artisans Peasants (farmers and builders)
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EVERYDAY LIFE Captured prisoners became slaves
Had some rights in society Could own personal items & inherit land from their masters
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EVERYDAY LIFE Peasants had two seasons
Flood season- worked on roads, temples, & other buildings Water receded- worked in the fields
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EVERYDAY LIFE Women had most of the rights men had Could own property
Run businesses Enter into legal contracts Travel freely
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EVERYDAY LIFE Women had various positions
Supervisor of farm workers or hunters Priestess Dancer Supervisor of temples & religious sites regent
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EVERYDAY LIFE
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ACHIEVEMENTS Used a writing system of hieroglyphs
Rosetta Stone- used to translate hieroglyphs
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ACHIEVEMENTS Made an early form of paper from papyrus
Reeds found in the Nile delta
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ACHIEVEMENTS Calendar
Determined the length of a year based on astronomical observations
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ACHIEVEMENTS Used basic math Addition Subtraction Multiplication
Division Fractions
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ACHIEVEMENTS Had a standard unit of measurement
Cubit to in
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ACHIEVEMENTS Medicine Performed surgery set broken bones
Treated injuries
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ACHIEVEMENTS
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ACHIEVEMENTS Created medicines from plants
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