Another Catch up day

Today in class we let Nick take his quiz on Mesopotamia. He is the last honors kid  to make it up. So while he was taking it I will type some notes into this blog for today.

•  the pyramid for class ranking in Egypt had different levels. The point was king, queen, royal family. The second level from the top is Upper class which is wealthy landowners, gov. officials, priests, army commanders. The third level down is middle class which is merchants and artisans. The last level is the lower class which is peasants, farmers, and laborers. That is the largest class of the pyramid. 
• Egyptians could gain higher status by marriage or success in a job.
• you had to be able to read and write to be in the upper classes.
• women held same rights as men, they could own and trade property, propose marriage, or seek divorce. If a divorce happens she gets a 1/3 of the couples property for her own.