Egypt's Social Structure In Ancient Egypt

Egypt’s social structure was important because it provided order in society. The Egyptian social structure was presented as a pyramid. At the top of the social structure are pharaohs. Pharaohs are the most powerful in the social structure and communicate with the gods. Next, are the priests. Priests help the pharaohs communicate the God’s messages to Egyptians. The next level on the social structure was the soldiers. Soldiers supervised the lower levels of the social structure and fought in battles. Next were the scribes, they were a limited amount of scribes because they worked closely with the pharaoh recording events and taxes in hieroglyphs The next level was the middle, working class Egyptians called, the merchants and artists. They created