Roles in ancient Egypt
The roles on this pyramid shows the most important people to the least important people.
The very top of Ancient Egyptian social is the Pharaoh since he controls basically everything, the Army, the Politics etc. The second highest lies the nobles since every noble was related to the Pharaoh, there were also the priests and the pharaoh’s trusted men which were the Viziers. The role was passed on by father to son. The priests and nobles were very wealthy! The third highest of the Ancient Egyptian population are the traders, shopkeepers, scribes. The scribes were the only Egyptians who knew how to read and write. The Fourth least important of the Egyptian social structures were the farmers herders and workers. At the bottom of all the different classes of people in ancient Egypt are the slaves and unskilled workers. They represent a great percent of the Egyptian population.
The very top of Ancient Egyptian social is the Pharaoh since he controls basically everything, the Army, the Politics etc. The second highest lies the nobles since every noble was related to the Pharaoh, there were also the priests and the pharaoh’s trusted men which were the Viziers. The role was passed on by father to son. The priests and nobles were very wealthy! The third highest of the Ancient Egyptian population are the traders, shopkeepers, scribes. The scribes were the only Egyptians who knew how to read and write. The Fourth least important of the Egyptian social structures were the farmers herders and workers. At the bottom of all the different classes of people in ancient Egypt are the slaves and unskilled workers. They represent a great percent of the Egyptian population.
This picture shows a scribe painting/writing