Summary: Did Slaves Build The Great Pyramid Of Egypt

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If you want my opinion slaves did build the Great Pyramid of Egypt. Because if they were not slaves the masters would not have beat them. If it was skilled workers or laborers it would not have took them twenty years to build it because they may have wanted to do it and get it done, unlike slaves. In document B it states that they were lash driven men and if they weren’t then the masters would not have beat the smarter, or better workers. It covers thirteen acres of land and stands nearly five-hundred feet tall. It was made out of about two million blocks, which each weight up to two tons. Although, document E didn’t give much evidence it did say that “Peasants were ordered and didn’t get to choose what they did.” Slavery was so common in

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