Essay Questions

Hello,

Sorry I didn't post yesterday because my Wifi wasn't working for some reason. It was really spotty, but here are the answers to the questions.

1. Back in the times of the Egyptians there was a big difference between some others. There were 8 basic types of classes back in the their times. Pharaohs, Government Officials, Soldiers, Scribes, Merchants, Artisans, Farmers and Slaves. Clearly Pharaohs are on the highest end and slaves at the lowest. Many of the social ranks aren't severely different however. At least not as bad as you would think.

Pharaohs where known to be like a god or close to a god. They were supposed to be able to communicate with them. So if there was an extreme drought or plague that affected the village severely and may have even killed people the Pharaoh was considered to not be doing his job, then he may be overthrown. The Government Officials were people like priests and nobles. They were known as the "white kilt class." They were people like engineers, physicians and priests. They were very highly known and treated very well in the village. Next were soldiers, they were known for protecting the people and used wooden weapons with bronze tips.

After soldiers their were the scribes. They were very heavily valued because they could read and write. Scribes wrote in hieroglyphs and hieratics. They kept records, told stories, wrote poetry, and described anatomy and medical treatments. Merchants were next on the social scale and they used the money and barter system and they were known for trading for things because they did not have money then, but later they did. For example, a merchant may except a bag of grain for payment. The next on the social scale is an Artisan. They would carve sculptures and reliefs showing military battles and scenes from the after-life.

The last two classes in the Egyptian life were Farmers and Slaves. Farmers raised wheat, barley, lentils and onions. They all irrigated from the Nile and even though they provided the mass amount of food for the village they weren't very highly respected in the community. Lastly there were slaves, which weren't as badly treated as you would think. They mostly helped the much wealthier people with household things and child raising duties.

2. The Nile was absolutely essential in the lives of the Egyptians. They used the Nile in so many ways. They mostly used the Nile for 2 things, transportation and irrigation. These were both essential in the living of the Egyptians. I will let you know how these things are that essential in the paragraphs below.

Firstly, if there wasn't the Nile there would be no irrigation in the Egyptian's lives or at least it would be a lot harder or not as good. The Nile was the water source for almost all of the Egyptians crops. All of the Egyptians thrived with the Nile. Yes, sometimes it flooded like most rivers, but all in all the Nile was a HUGE plus for them and the Egyptians may not have had such great success in their civilization if they did not have the crops that they did that were supported but the Nile River.

Next, the Nile was greatly used with transportation. Some people used the river to actually transport the water from it to other places. The Nile was clearly used a lot in transportation. Many merchants used the Nile to get to other places so they could trade with others. If the Nile was not there some of the merchants could not have gotten to where they needed to go. With that some of the people in Egypt could may have not gotten some of the materials that it needed to run they everyday lives.

With these two things you can obviously see that only these 2 things could have been destroyed in the  Egyptians lives and their civilization could have never been the same. These things could have made history completely different than it is now.