3.3 the Pharaoh's State

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3.3 The Pharaoh's State 

Lesson Goals 

at the end of this lesson you know:

• you know more about pharaohs, building pyramids, social division, 

• you can explain how pyramids were built

• recap: explain why the Nile river was so important

Wat weet je eigenlijk
van Egypte

Wat weet je eigenlijk

van Egypte

From dry land...

...to fertile mud...

from mud....

...to agriculture 

But when there was little water, there was not enough food...

...and too much, there was a disaster too! 

How did the Egyptians handle this? 

• Close watch on the river

• Water supplies needed to be arranged: wells (put) and canals (irrigation-system) 

• Every year grain needed to be stocked. So there was enough food. Taxes were paid, so writers needed to record this: writing system developed. 

But especially: cooperation!

• You need a leader

• Every tribe has a leader

• they get into a fittie

• Eventually one is the winner: pharaoh 

2.3 Rangen en Standen

Op het plaat is          

             Ranks and positions

Surplus > specialising in different crafts (ambachten )bakery, butcher > but also civil servants and priests

this caused social differences

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Social Pyramid

Slaves

nobles and priests

craftsmen and low civil servants

pharaoh

farmers

visible differences

• Status was important
  
  
• Different houses, different food: social differences
• High status: nicer grave

reaching the top? 

• climbing in the social pyramid was possible 
  
  
• Writing was a difficult craft, so they became very important. 

Welke volgorde van de sociale piramide is juist?

1. farao - priester - ambachtsman - boer
2. farao - handelaar - soldaat - boer
3. priester - farao - ambachtsman - boer
4. farao - hoge ambtenaar - priester - boer

Sleep de personen naar je juiste plaats in de sociale piramide

Highly developed culture

• Higly developed: a lot of modern, valuable inventions 

• Culture:  how people think and do, pass it on to their children. 

Elements of culture: 

• Complicated religion, believe in Life after Death

• Art and Architecture: pyramids, hieroglyphs, wall paintings 

• Wel organised government

• Writing system (papyrus)

Government

• Pharaoh is king, army leader and god. 

• Most task done by: 

1. Civil servants (vizier)
2. Priests: religion
3. officers: army

• Egypt was big: Laws were needed

Pyramids: 

• Graves for the important Pharaohs

• Great source of information 

• But also attractive to graverobbers
• Gizeh and cheops pyramids

Definitions: 

• Pharaoh
• Culture
• Pyramid
• Irrigation
• Civil servant
• Craftsmen

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