Social Order In Egypt

The social order in Egypt contains many parts and ranks. The bottom ranks consist of peasants and artisans. Peasants were the largest social class and were at the bottom class. They worked on land to provide a food supply for Egypt. They worked on the pharaohs massive building projects when they weren't working. The artisans were the second to last rank on the social pyramid. Artisans were craftspeople and carpenters. Artisans were talented and amazing at what they did but got very little credit and appreciation.
The next rank is scribes they were the third to last social rank. They are ranked third to last but they came from all the ranks of society. Boys who wanted to to be one had to attend school to become them. If they were good enough they wrote on papyrus. Students in scribe school studied hieroglyphics for 12 years. They memorized 700 hieroglyphics. They did a lot of jobs like, counting population, calculated and gathered taxes, helped enforce laws, and kept track of soldiers. They wrote with a sharpened reed and
Priest sense they were high on the social order were respected and served under the priest. Priest gave advice and healed people. Each temple had a different god in each one. Other priest handled common concerns and requests. Each temple had a god represented as a statue the were kept in the holy room only priest that have cleansed themselves can enter this room. When pharaohs died they were embalmed to preserve the bodies, priest watched over these rituals. The next rank is government officials they usually came from upper-class families and someone close to the pharaoh. There are three types of government officials viziers, chief treasures, and general of armies. The vizier did the pharaoh's commands and watched over other government officials. The chief treasure watched over the government's wealth. The generals of the armies advised war and asked the pharaoh for