The most important people were the pharaoh, priests and
important government officials. They lived in large houses
and palaces made of adobe and stone
The rest of the people lived in
small adobe houses. This houses
could have from 1 to the 5 storeys.
The ruling cast's
children went to
school, and they
learned how to read
and how to write.
In their free time: they played senet, they
listened to a person who knew how to
read reading something, the ruling cast
fished, hunted or practiced gymnastics.
Economic life
The egyptians' economic
life was based on Trade
and Fluvial agriculture
The Nile was used like the
main form of transport for
people and goods
They ate the crops that they
cultivated (Legumes, grapes...) and
they fished from the Nile too.
They traded with Mesopotamia, Phoenicia
and Canaan to the east; with Nubia to the
south; with Crete and Greece to the north
and with Libya to the west.
They sold cereals, wine, things made
of clay or glass and precious stones