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Egyptian society was structured like a pyramid. At the top were the gods, such as Ra, Osiris, and Isis. Egyptians believed that the gods controlled the universe. Therefore, it was important to keep them happy. They could make the Nile overflow, cause famine, or even bring death.
The gods are not really on the top actually on the top are
The pharaoh and those associated with divinity were at the top, and servants and slaves made up the bottom. The Egyptians also elevated some human beings to gods. Their leaders, called pharaohs, were believed to be gods in human form. They had absolute power over their subjects.

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They trained to keep up their strength and endurance. They also trained on different types of weapons. If they were proficient with a bow, then they would become an archer.
The army was often used for tasks other than fighting. After all, if Pharaoh was going to feed all these men, he was going to get some use out of them during times of peace. The army worked the fields during planting and harvest time. They also worked as laborers on a lot of the construction such as palaces, temples, and pyramids.

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The soldiers of the Egyptian army were well respected. They received plunder from battles as well as a plot of land when they retired.

Sometimes young boys were signed up to be in the army as young as 5 years old. They didn't actually start fighting until they were 20 years old, however.

Army divisions were often named after gods.

The Egyptians often hired foreign mercenaries to fight for them, especially in battles that were away from the land of Egypt.

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The Pharaoh.

Government Officials.

Scribes and Soldiers.

The Middle Class: Craftsmen and Merchants.

Peasants.

Farmers were the most important part of the society because they raised the food that fed ancient Egypt. Pharaoh, or the nobles they worked for, provided them with food and clothing. ...

Slaves.

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In the last thousand years BCE, Egypt was invaded and conquered by one nation after another, including Persia, Macedonia, and Rome. Egypt lost its independence and had to be ruled by its conquerors.

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Slaves were kept on the bottom of the social pyramid because slaves were usually prisoners captured in war. Slaves could be found in the households of the Pharaoh and nobles, working in mines and quarries and also in temples.

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What happened to the Egyptians after being conquered?

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What happened to the Egyptians after being conquered?

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Some of the conquerors respected Egyptian tradition, like Alexander the Great of Macedonia. Alexander was the king of Egypt for almost a decade. After Alexander came his general Ptolemy, then a line of Ptolemy's heirs. Cleopatra the Seventh was the last in the Ptolemaic dynasty of pharaohs.
When Romans invaded Egypt in 30 BCE, Egypt became part of the Roman Empire.

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Ancient Egyptian religion was a complex system of polytheistic beliefs and rituals that formed an integral part of ancient Egyptian society. It centered on the Egyptians' interaction with many deities believed to be present in, and in control of, the world.

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The names of the gods they had:-
Ra

Geb and Nut

Shu

Osiris

Isis

Set

Nephthys

Horus

Bast

Sobek

Serqet

Anubis

Bes

Khonsu

Nekhbet

Babi

Tawaret

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The most worshiped gods were Isis, Osiris, Horus, Anubis, Re, Nu and Seth.

Villages often chose a specific god to represent.

Individuals sometimes chose gods to support their profession.

Gods were often represented by animals like crocodiles, rams, lions and cats.

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Central idea:                     How the customs were back in ancient Egypt?

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Central idea:                     How the customs were back in ancient Egypt?

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They believed in many gods and goddesses they also believed in the afterlife so they thought they could live forever. They built the pyramids but there mummies where actually underneath it in a place called burial chamber. The pyramids are more than 4,000 years old.

Most ancient Egyptians were farmers. They lived in village and towns in the Black Land along the Nile river. Egyptians wanted to save most of the black land for farming that's why Egyptians were living close to each other. They often cooked on the roof and sometimes slept on the roof in the summer.

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Ancient Egypt is one of the oldest Civilization. It is "Ancient" because it is over 5 thousand years old.

Ancient Egypt use to have a king too. But they didn't call it a king they called it a Pharaoh. Pharaoh is part god and part human for them. The pharaoh had a lot of power. He was the most powerful person of Egypt. He was know as the lord of the two lands. The pyramids were only for the pharaoh because as I already told you that they were the most powerful people in egypt.

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The Egyptian hieroglyphic script was one of the writing systems used by ancient Egyptians to represent their language. Each symbol represented something different and meant something different. The script was composed of three basic types of signs: logograms, representing words; phonograms, representing sounds; and determinatives, placed at the end of the word to help clarify its meaning.

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Hieroglyphics were in the pyramids to show the dead body its way to the afterlife.
Hieroglyphics also represented gods so when the body journeys to the afterlife the gods would protect it.
Hieroglyphics were in the pyramids to show the dead body its way to the afterlife.
Hieroglyphics also represented gods so when the body journeys to the afterlife the gods would protect it.