A picture of a painting describing scribes.

Austin Pieterse

02.06 Ancient River Civilizations:Ancient Egypt

Social:  In Ancient Egypt the most important to the least important social classes were the Pharaoh, Government leaders, soldiers, scribes, merchants, artisans, farmers and slaves.

The mask of the young pharaoh Tutankhamen.

Political:  Ancient Egypt's highest politician was the Pharaoh. He was the one who told the soldiers which place to attack and he told the farmers what crop to grow and the traders what trade route to use.

A painting of the Egyptian God Osiris.

Religion: The ancient Egyptians' religion was polytheistic, that is to pray to multiple Gods. One of the most famous God of Egypt is Osiris, the God of the underworld.

An example of hieratic script.

Intellectual: In ancient Egypt they first had the hieroglyph, an early form of writing on a stone slab. Then when Egypt advanced, they soon discovered hieratic script, a new form of writing.

The pyramid of Giza in Egypt is known as the great pyramid.

Tecnological:  One of Egypt's greatest achievement is the pyramid. It acted as a tomb for the Pharaohs. The biggest pyramid is the pyramid of Giza. In our present day in Cairo it is known as the great pyramid.

Bronze is a perfect example of a mineral they had in abundance.

Economical: Ancient Egypt traded things they had in abundance for things that they didn't have very much of and with this they had become a very strong trading society.