Ancient Egypt Social Classes & the Nile

Ancient Egypt is based around

The best crops grown from the fertile soil, rich from silt, were

These are the largest groups of people.

This group of people were powerful and collected taxes, were the judges and helped the military

What job does a priest have?

Which social class is at the top of the pyramid?

Who created beautiful objects like jewelry, carved monuments, built temples & worked with metal

This is the only social class where you can move up a social class and go to a special school.

"Silt" is

What is a Pharaoh?

Who is the second highest social class?

They are rich and powerful people who carried out the pharaoh's orders.

How many pharaohs are there at a time?

Who were Egypt's official writers and record keepers?

What job did the majority of people have in Ancient Egypt?

This group of people built the pyramids for the Pharaoh while the Nile was flooded.

This is the shape of the Egyptian's social classes.

Who is at the bottom of the social classes?