Cyber day 1

Essay A
      The Hierarchy of the Ancient Egyptians is represented in a pyramid. This Pyramid describes the different social statuses of the population and the different types of jobs on each level. The top of the pyramid represents the highest class of people in ancient Egypt and the bottom of the pyramid represents the lowest class which makes up the majority of the population.

     Starting from the bottom of the pyramid would be the slaves and peasants which are all unskilled workers. These people had to work very hard andhad to work in jobs requiring hard physical labor. The next level of the pyramid would be the farmers and herders. They were responsible for growing a variety of crops including their main staple which was grain. During the season that they were unable to farm, they would work for the Pharaoh on temples and pyramids or fix their tools and equipment. The herders took care of the animals. The next level up on the pyramid included scibes and traders. A scribe was considered a very good job in ancient Egypt. It required a good bit of education and training and took many years to learn. Scribes would do things such as collecting taxes, conducting census, writing letters and documents, recording harvest supply and food distribution, and documenting natural causes.. Shock keepers and artists were also included in this level. The next level on the pyramid are the nobles and high priests. High priests were directly appointed by the Pharaoh and were part of a powerful family which would carry on for generations. At the top of the pyramid is the Pharaoh. This was the most powerful person in Ancient Egypt. He was the leader of the ancient Egyptians. He was the leader of the battle during times of war and owned everything and made laws in his kingdom.

     The population of ancient Egypt was clearly divided into the different social classes. Unlike in todays time, the ancient Egyptians were very strict about the different classes in that time and who was the dictator. I think that the classes should be less strict and have them a little more mixed. In my opinion, today's time is very different and much better than Egypt ever was.


Essay 2

     The nile river was very important to the ancient Egyptians. its 4,000 mile course stretches from central Africa to the Mediteranian Sea. The delta is a broad marshy triangular area of fertile silt. It provided many important resources for the ancient Egyptians. The Egyptians depended on their river for many different things as part of their daily life. It would've been hard for the ancient Egyptians to survive without the nile river.

     Every year, the Nile river would flood in June. It would overflow onto the banks and at first, the Egyptians lost crops, houses, and sometimes their lives. It didn't take long for them to realize that the river flooded the same time every year so they were able to plan ahead. The river was very important in many ways. The first way would be the fresh soil that the river brought up into the land after flooding. It was ideal for the farmers to plant their crops. It was also important because it gave the Egyptians a chance to catch fish. Another important factor about the Nile was that it provided protection. Anyone wanting to invade Egypt would have to cross the river which was very wide in many places. This gave the Egyptians an advantage to be able to stop any attacker before they finished crossing the river. Trading goods was also another use for the Nile river.

     The annual flooding and receiting of the Nile river was an important part of the life of the ancient Egyptians. The cycle of labor and life depended upon it. The Egyptians considered the Nile a "gift" which provided wealth for the earliest Egyptian civilization.