Notes on Egypt Quiz 2

Scribes

• wrote in heiroglyphs and heiratics
• heiratics are the alphabet and heiroglyphs are like words

Soldiers

• used wooden weapons (bows&arrows, spears) w/ bronze tips and might ride a chariot

Priests and etc

• known as the white kilt class. priests, physicians, engineers. upper class

Pharaoh

• religious and political leaders
• had contact directly with the gods
• titles : Lord of the twon lands and High Priest of every Temple
• numbers 1 in the land
• ruler of upper and lower Egypt, owned all land, collected taxes, and defended Egypt against foreigners
• Hatshepsut was a woman who served as pharaoh; didnt happen often
• women had pretty descent rights
• Cleopatra VII also served as pharoh, but much later (51-30 BC) more on her when we study Greece