Ancient Egypt Society / Orange
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focusing on efficiently producing a limited number of goods or services
specilization
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A process of preserving a persons body
mumification
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When a person died, their spirit continued living and their spirit required a body in after life
afterlife
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Inner organs removed from the body and placed in special urns called
canopic jars
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A place where the body and the jars were placed inside a coffin called a
sarcophagus
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The social class made up of only one individual; the pharaoh
highest class
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The class which included nobles, priests and the vizier, or advisor.
ruling class
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The class that provided goods and services and held specialized jobs such as artisans, merchants, soldiers, scribes, and doctors.
middle class
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The class made up of peasants and enslaved people who were poor farmers..
lower class