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Family was extremely important to the Egyptians. Each person in a family served a role.

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Upper class Egyptians had elegant homes and dressed nicely. People of the middle class had skilled jobs, lived in smaller homes and dressed more simply than the upper class. The lower class usually lived in houses made of mud brick.

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The pharoah and his family held the highest social position. Then a smaller upper class of nobles, priests, and commanders. Then a middle class of traders, scribes, and artisans. Lastly the low class consisted of farmers and unskilled workers.

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There were 5 million people living in Egypt at its peak.

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The Egyptians constructed the Great Pyramid which for more than 4,000 years was the tallest structure in the world.

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Building the pyramids took a lot of effort and thousands of worker spent years of work on it. Building the pyramids helped them make discoveries that led to a better understanding of astronomy as well as mathematics.

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Pyramids were built to honor pharaohs.

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Embalming helped form basic medical skills.

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The afterlife was thought of positively by the Egyptians. They thought that the life they would live once passed away would be more pleasant than the present life. Embalming was a method used to help protect bodies for the afterlife.

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Religion played a huge role in everyday Egyptian life. The gods most important to them were Re the sun god and the river god Hapi.

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Egyptians believed that the Pharaoh was the son of Re the Egyptian sun god, which made them very loyal to him. The Pharaoh would go into the public for ceremonies and whenever he did the people living there would play music for him.

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Egyptian rulers were called pharaohs. The pharaohs were in charge of appointing government officials to carry out his orders, otherwise known as bureaucrats.

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Egypt had a government that consisted of the same person who was the political and religious leader also known as a theocracy.