Pharaoh means great house in French
The pharaoh....
Was a political leader
Preformed rituals and was high priest
Was a military leader
Oversaw construction of buildings and temples
Had no power and was a figurehead
Was considered a king and not a god
Ate nothing but barley to keep him strong
Couldn't marry
Pharaohs carried...
A flail and cook
A flaiil and rook
A flail and creek
A flail and crook
A scepter and crown
Some of the benefits of being pharaoh were....
Monuments built in your honor
Everyone thought you were a god and blamed everything on you
You were worshipped as a god
You had respect, power and riches
You had your own bathroom
Women Could be pharaohs
Received gifts
Had a guaranteed spot in the afterlife
had fancy clothing and food
Had be first into battle
Pharaohs were lucky enough to be blamed for natural disasters.
Women were able to be in positions of power and authority.
Women couldn't receive property as a gift, buy it or sell it.
Women could divorce and didn't need a man to represent her in court.
If a woman's husband died she received..
1/3 of his property
1/4 of his property
None of his property
All of his property
Women could travel by themselves
Upperclass jobs for women could be.....
Administrative positions
Scribes
Managed large estates
Physicians
Dogwalkers
Models
Lower Class women could be.....
House keepers
Servants
Dog walkers
Filed hands
Skilled workers in a house
How does this pic make you feel?
Happy
Realteable
Feeling like this might be time for a break......
The answer is take a break!
Women could enter priesthood
Womens literacy rate were lower then men. Between -------- women could read an dwrite
10-30%
45-60%
1-10%
5-10%
Princesses and royals had tutors