ANCIENT EGYPT

Men and women had different roles. They did did different things in society and contributed to society in different ways.

THE ROLE OF WOMEN

• One of the most important ways women contribute to society is by having baby's.
• They also raise the children and take care of them.

THE ROLE OF WOMEN

• Women had the same rights as men.
• Jobs and other things were not based on gender but social class.
• Women did the same jobs as men

THE JOBS WOMEN COULD DO

• Manage property
• Own property
• Sell property
• Sell slaves, land portable goods, servants, life stock and money

THE JOBS WOMEN COULD DO PT.2

• They could appear as a contracting person in marriages or divorces
• They could free slaves
• They could do adoptions
• They also are entitled to sue

THE ROLE OF MEN

• Men were entitled to show their sons the way of being a man
• They would teach their sons how to do their job
• They would also show the sons how to support a family
• The son would follow in his footsteps

THE ROLE OF MEN PT.2

• To protect the household
• Some of the men's jobs were to Be in charge of temples and temple administration
• Men would take care of the older men in their families
• Some men did construction

ROLE OF MEN PT. 3

• Some men were artists for the community
• Men could do farming
• They could also be a scribe for a job

CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS

• They developed one of the first writing systems, Hieroglyphics
• They made papyrus, the reason we can still feed things they wrote
• The temples they made has beautiful carvings
• The artwork they drew, is very famous for being so amazing

CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS

• Their pyramids, that being the main thing Egypt is recognized for
• The first calendar
• A nileometer which measured the water
• A system of mathematics
• Construction techniques

CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS

• An effective system of medicine
• Agriculture techniques
• And the earliest known peace treaty

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