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Ancient Egypt
Social Hierarchy

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aro
ah
s
high
government
officials
nobles and priests
soilders and scribes
artisians and crafts people
peasants, farmers and workers
salves

SOCIAL CLASSES

ROLES

Pharaohs

Making laws, keeping the gods happy,

protect and govern, direct army and
makes laws.
The vizier over tax collection and
monitored the government record that
were kept by scribes.
Nobles made local laws and kept the
religion going.
Priest were responsible for making the

High government official

Nobles and priest

gods happy.

Soldiers and scribes

Artisans and craft people.

farmer

salves

Soldiers defended the country, the

pharaoh often joined them in war,
they were allowed to share riches
they got from the other opposite
team.
Scribes were the only ones who
could read and write, they kept
records of the gifts given to the
god, people on the army, what they
produced and how many worker
Craft people had skills of pottery
makers, leatherworkers, sculptors,
painters, weavers, jewelry makers
and shoe makers
Farmers got in return food, clothes
and housing, for harvesting the
crops and making them
The salves were usually gotten
from war, they could be found the
nobles or pharaohs household or in
temples and mines