The books
are full of information and dates about ancient Egyptian kings and queens, also
full of politics, wars, agreements as so on, BUT we all suffer lack of
information about the daily life of an ancient Egyptian, how they live, how
they work, how were their relationships, how they work and so on... in the
coming articles we will try to put some lights on the daily life of ancient
Egyptian.
Egypt has been remarked on its strong beliefs that still carry on till today.
Most of Ancient Egyptian Civilization was built near the Nile River that is
still flowing and holding most of civilization nearby. From Egyptians food to
their religion, there are so many wonderful and extraordinary ways the
Egyptians have followed.
Social Structure in Ancient Egypt.
The ancient
Egyptian social structure the Pharaoh was always at the top of the pyramid along
with anyone of his relatives. The
Pharaoh is a human being that Egyptians believed on him as the god. He had all the power and control of the whole
country. Some of these responsibilities include protection (the pharaoh
directed an army in case of any threat or conflict), food (each farmer paid
taxes in the form of grain, which were stored at the pharaoh’s warehouses. This grain would be used to feed the people
if there was ever to be a famine). Of
course the Pharaoh would not do all of these on his own, so he used some
assistants which brings us to the next
level who was reporting to the pharaoh called the viziers.
The vizier basically supervised the running of the country. Some of his duties were making sure that the tax collectors and scribes reported to the vizier. The Vizier sat in the highest part of the judicial court system. Sometimes the vizier would have to supervise the security on the pharaoh’s house. The third level contains powerful nobles and priests. Only nobles could hold government posts; in these positions they profited from tributes paid to the pharaoh. This made nobles very wealthy. The priests had the responsibility of pleasing the gods. The fourth level becomes the soldiers.
The soldiers fought in wars or other huge conflicts from foreign countries. But when there was peace, soldiers would supervise the peasants, farmers, and slaves who helped build structures such as pyramids, temples and palaces. Nowadays during your Egypt travel you would not see this structure of course, however believe it or not Egyptian still like to put their leader or presidents near the God level.
The vizier basically supervised the running of the country. Some of his duties were making sure that the tax collectors and scribes reported to the vizier. The Vizier sat in the highest part of the judicial court system. Sometimes the vizier would have to supervise the security on the pharaoh’s house. The third level contains powerful nobles and priests. Only nobles could hold government posts; in these positions they profited from tributes paid to the pharaoh. This made nobles very wealthy. The priests had the responsibility of pleasing the gods. The fourth level becomes the soldiers.
The soldiers fought in wars or other huge conflicts from foreign countries. But when there was peace, soldiers would supervise the peasants, farmers, and slaves who helped build structures such as pyramids, temples and palaces. Nowadays during your Egypt travel you would not see this structure of course, however believe it or not Egyptian still like to put their leader or presidents near the God level.
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