https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73 Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2016-11-14 17:05:12 UTC 2016-11-16 15:49:06 UTC hello@padlet.com 210196 https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137459033 Women could manage, own, and sell private property, which included slaves, land, portable goods, servants, livestock, and money.]]> 2016-11-14 17:21:23 UTC https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137459033 210196 https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137459906  A woman had claims to up to one-third of all the community property in her marriage. ]]> 2016-11-14 17:23:04 UTC https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137459906 215836 https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137460507 Women in ancient Egypt were ahead of their time. They could not only rule the country, but also had many of the same basic human rights as men.]]> 2016-11-14 17:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137460507 215836 https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137461153 Egypt treated its women better than any of the other major civilizations of the ancient world.  The Egyptians believed that joy and happiness were legitimate goals of life and regarded home and family as the major source of delight.

]]> 2016-11-14 17:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137461153 210196 https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137462114 By becoming pregnant, women gained the respect of society, approval from their husbands, and the admiration of their less-fortunate sisters and sterile friends.]]> 2016-11-14 17:27:46 UTC https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137462114 214067 https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137463062 We omen were expected to bear and raise children and tend to their husbands . Modern women are generally treated with respect unlike some of the neighboring countries . ]]> 2016-11-14 17:30:07 UTC https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137463062 210196 https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137464052 Women could resolve settlements. ]]> 2016-11-14 17:32:23 UTC https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137464052 215836 https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137464454 They could own property, borrow money, sign contracts, initiate divorce, appear in court as a witness, etc. Of course, they were also equally subject to whatever responsibilities normally accompanied those rights.]]> 2016-11-14 17:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137464454 209684 https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137464843 They had all the same rights as men did and were treated the same.]]> 2016-11-14 17:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137464843 210196 https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137465988 Women could appear as a contracting partner in a marriage contract or a divorce contract; they could execute testaments; they could free slaves; women could make adoptions. ]]> 2016-11-14 17:36:08 UTC https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137465988 215836 https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137466169 Marriage was the natural state for Egyptians of both genders, and the most common title for non-royal women was "mistress of the house". There is little doubt that in Egypt, as in the rest of the ancient world, the man was expected to be the head of the family, but a popular bit of advice urged husbands to avoid interfering in household matters and trust their wives to do the job properly]]> 2016-11-14 17:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137466169 209684 https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137466873 They could rule a country. One of the really good rulers was a girl]]> 2016-11-14 17:37:47 UTC https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137466873 214067 https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137467374 Women took care of daily needs for their families. Women also served the men. They baked bread, made beer, and generally looking after their husbands]]> 2016-11-14 17:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137467374 210196 https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137468325 Women could be scribes and also priests, usually of a cult with a feminine deity.]]> 2016-11-14 17:40:44 UTC https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137468325 214067 https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137468343 Women had to do stuff with the kids and anything to do with the house]]> 2016-11-14 17:40:46 UTC https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137468343 215836 https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137470149 Women in ancient Egypt were the equals of men in every area except occupations. ]]> 2016-11-14 17:44:26 UTC https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137470149 209684 https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137559452 Because they had all the same rights as men they had all the same jobs except for ruling. Though they are aloud it was very rare they did. ]]> 2016-11-14 21:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/137559452 209684 https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/138121856 WHAT HAPPENED]]> 2016-11-16 15:49:06 UTC https://padlet.com/215836/2rpwxvzrrw73/wish/138121856