Wednesday, February 6, 2013

FEBRUARY WEDNESDAY 6

Today in class we took a lot of notes to prepare us for friday's test. since thats what we did im basically just gonna put some notes in my post:

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slaves-helped in wealthy households
Artisans- carved statues and reliefs
merchants
Scribes- kept records with ink and papyrus(Nile reed paper)
Soldiers- used wooden weapons with bronze tips, chariots
Upper class- "white kilt class", engineers, priests, physicians
Pharaoh- religious and political leader, made laws, owned all land, "lord of two lands", 'high priest of every temple'

they invented sail boats
they had a 365 day calendar
temple of Amon at Karnak is biggest religious building.
scrolls were like books
they had plows and domesticated animals - especially cats: large cats like cheetahs
barter system before coins

best known lady pharaohs were Hatshepsut and Cleopatra VII

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