I was not in class today because I was home sick. But I started to review the Egypt PowerPoint and learned that a Pharaoh is the political and religious leader of the Egyptian people, holding the titles: "Lord of the Two Lands" and "High Priest of Every Temple." Egyptian life is centered around the Nile River, water for drinking, for irrigating, for bathing, and for transportation. Every July it floods and every October it leaves behind rich soil. The delta is a board, marshy triangular area of fertile silt. Managing the river required technological breakthroughs in irrigation. The great Sphinx of Giza, built 2555-2532 B.C. A recumbent lion with a humans head, it it the oldest monumental statue in the world.

The order of the people who have the most power:
1.  Pharaoh
2. Government- Nobles and Priests
3. Soldiers
4. Scribes
5. Merchants
6. Artisans
7. Farmers
8. Slaves and Servants

Slaves and Servants helped the wealthy people with household and child raising duties. They raised wheat, barley, lentils, and onions -benefitted from irrigation of the Nile River. Artisans would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife. The money/barter system was used, merchants might accept bags of grain for payment, -later coinage came about.