Women Work In Early Civilizations

In Early Civilizations, the people had different occupations based on their social hierarchy. Social hierarchy is the people's status and where they stand based on their wealth, status and power. In these early civilizations, the upper classes bypassed physical labor because they had immense wealth. Women in higher classes usually stayed home and took care of their family while women at the bottom of the social pyramid had a more physical and laborious life style. Because the men had higher job positions, they made enough to provide for their family, which didn’t require the women to work. While people in the lower classes had jobs that didn’t pay as much which required both men and women to work in order to provide enough for their family. …show more content…
Female slaves would often work in businesses like weaving. While male slaves would work in irrigation canals and construct ziggurats. Many job varied based on where you are placed on the social pyramid. For example in the text it states, “Most Chinese peasants, for example, owned little land of their own and worked on plots granted to them by royal or aristocratic landowners.” (pg. 58) In other words, the Chinese civilization farmers would work in farms because they were peasants and lower on the social pyramid. Many jobs varied throughout the first civilization, there were jobs like “scholars, officials, merchant, priests,and artisans.” (pg. 57) Those of higher class lived luxurious lives. For example in the text it states, “ Everywhere, kings, high officials, and their families lived in luxurious palaces, dressed in splendid clothing, bedecked themselves with the loveliest jewelery, and were attended by endless servants.” (pg. 64) There livestyle was extravagant, they didn’t need to worry about money nor work because they were in high positions. In the Egyptian Civilization they had jobs like Scribes. Scribes are people who write down important information for the