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The Pharaoh And Social Hierarchy

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My project describes how the the Pharaoh divided his kingdom into different sections based on who he thought would benefit him, his needs, and their occupation, and income. The Social Hierarchy was divided up into 6 sections, the 1st one is the Pharaoh. The Pharaoh is sometimes referred to as a God, because of his power . Next to the Pharaoh will be the Viziers, they are people who take care of tax corrections and watch government records that are given to them by the scribes. Craftsmen are just like scribes they take records for people, they also played a big role in creating pyramids. At the bottom of the pyramids are slaves, the slaves mostly do all the dirty work such as planting crops for egypt, and they help create the pyramids for the

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