Society. Egyptians spend their free time helping out build the pyramids and social works. Their are ranked by Slaves, Farmers, Artisans, Merchants, Scribes, Soldiers, Government Leaders, and Pharaoh. The Egyptians live by the Nile River because they can trade easier and have ways to get water easy. The Egyptians made a writing called Hieratic Script. Hieratic script was simpler form of hieroglyphics. Egyptians believed in polytheism which means that although they believed in many gods, some gods were more important than other gods. Egyptians believed that Osiris could give anyone a blessed afterlife. Egyptian Farmers on their free time they would help build the pyramids.
Political Pharaoh was in charge in the old kingdom. …show more content…
Many people that Pharaoh where related to gods. These gods often had the heads of animals and the bodies of humans. Horus had the head of a falcon. Other important gods were Ra, the sun god, and Osiris, the god of the Underworld. Isis was the goddess who made the crops grow. The Egyptians believed that the afterlife was a lot like their everyday world. In the Old Kingdom, pharaohs built huge stone pyramids to protect their bodies after death. That is why the Old Kingdom is often called "The Age of the Pyramids.”
Intellectual Scribes are are the record-keepers. Their writing was hieroglyphics. The first paper was made. It was called papyrus. Their was a one more writing called hieratic script. Hieratic script was a simpler form of hieroglyphics. When writing became easier people stated to learn it. The wrote about tomb walls and on monuments.
Technological Egyptians built public works. The would build temples, pyramids, and more. Pyramids where hard to build because you needed to know how astronomy.The Egyptians wanted their pyramids to be big and to last forever. So the builders had to become more advanced in engineering and math. Egyptians where the best at it back then. Egyptians developed methods of surveying to help them divide the
Political Pharaoh was in charge in the old kingdom. …show more content…
Many people that Pharaoh where related to gods. These gods often had the heads of animals and the bodies of humans. Horus had the head of a falcon. Other important gods were Ra, the sun god, and Osiris, the god of the Underworld. Isis was the goddess who made the crops grow. The Egyptians believed that the afterlife was a lot like their everyday world. In the Old Kingdom, pharaohs built huge stone pyramids to protect their bodies after death. That is why the Old Kingdom is often called "The Age of the Pyramids.”
Intellectual Scribes are are the record-keepers. Their writing was hieroglyphics. The first paper was made. It was called papyrus. Their was a one more writing called hieratic script. Hieratic script was a simpler form of hieroglyphics. When writing became easier people stated to learn it. The wrote about tomb walls and on monuments.
Technological Egyptians built public works. The would build temples, pyramids, and more. Pyramids where hard to build because you needed to know how astronomy.The Egyptians wanted their pyramids to be big and to last forever. So the builders had to become more advanced in engineering and math. Egyptians where the best at it back then. Egyptians developed methods of surveying to help them divide the