The social classes of ancient Egypt are often illustrated with the shape of a pyramid (a 3-dimensional triangle) because ancient Egypt is closely associated with pyramids and because it is convenient to describe the class arrangement using a triangular figure - lots of people on the bottom, fewer in the middle ranks, very few on top, and the Pharaoh at the very peak.
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Social classes appeared in the Old Kingdom of Egypt because of religion. The religion allowed people who were in more contact with the gods to be more powerful.
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The major religion in Egpty is Muslim.
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.
it was to show how important people were Also it was mostly about what jobs they had in Egypt's daily life. the pharaoh was at the top of the social pyramid. Peasant farmers were at the bottom part of the social pyramid. The rich looked down upon the bottom.
The capital city of Egypt during the middle kingdom was Thebes.