Part 2 of Egypt Prezi

Daily Life

• Scribes kept records, told stories, wrote poetry,described anatomy and medical treatments.
• They wrote in hieroglyphics in hierarchic.
• Soldiers used wooden weapons (bow and arrows, spears) with bronze tips and might ride chariots.
• Upper class known as the "White Kilt Class"- priests, physicians, engineers.
• Gods and goddesses
• Over 2,000 Gods and goddesses.
• They "controlled" the lives of humans.
• Pharaohs
• The political and religious leader of the Egyptian people holding the titles, 'Lord of the Two Lands' and high priest of every temple.
• As 'Lord of the Two Lands' the pharaoh was the ruler of upper and lower Egypt. he owned all land, made laws, collected taxes, and defended Egypt against foreigners.
• Hatsheput was a woman who served as pharaoh.
• Cleopatra VII also served as pharaoh, but much later (51-30 BC) more on her when we study Greece.