Pharaoh/King
Queen
Royal Children
Educated EliteViceroy of Kush - Royal Nurse - Vizier of Upper Egypt - Scribe - Vizier of Lower Egypt - High Court Lady - High Priest - General
Middle Classes - 15%Merchants - Local Priests - Potters and Craftsmen - Musician - Artisan
Skilled LabourersFarmers - Beer Sellers - Foot Soldier - Peasant - Archers
Peasants and Manual Workers-9%Peasant Farmer - Servant - Quarrymen - Slave
Royal Family and Educated Elite are 5%
The actual jobs are not necessarily considered of greater importance than one another in the same class excluding Slaves, Vizier of Lower Egypt and Vizier of Upper Egypt resprition
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The population of ancient Egypt was divided into groups of people with different jobs and responsibilities to society. These social classes were structured as a pyramid with six levels.
A social pyramid that depended on job description.
The images used in hieroglyphics tell you a lot about the society and environment of ancient Egypt. The symbols represent the animals, the tools they used to work, and the Nile.
Egypt was divided into Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt and then into 19 districts called nomes.
Pharaoh Akhenaten.