Family in Ancient Egypt

An ancient Egyptian family
The center family was the great social unit of ancient Egypt. The father was responsible for the economic better being of the family. Upper-class men often became scriveners or priests, while lower-class men often were farmers, hunters, potters, or other craftsmen. The mother managed the household, accepting servants, and cared for the breeding of the children. Upper-class

Children stuck at home until they reached marriageable age (about twenty years for males, younger of the previous for females). Although Egyptian youngsters had toys and are occasionally represented at play, much of their time was spent setting for adulthood. For example, peasant children gone with their parents into the fields; the male offspring of crafters often served as apprentices to their fathers. Many privileged children received formal education to become a scribe. Priests in temples taught some calling youngsters, and children of the nobility sometimes received private statement from tutors or taken to be an officer in the ground forces.

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Ancient Egypt Geography

Geography of Ancient Egypt
The geography of ancient Egypt was mastered, as is nowadays, by the compounding of lack of rainfall and the Nile. The Famous Greek historian Herodotus named Egypt the "gift of the Nile", since the kingdom owed its survival to the yearly glutting of the Nile and the resulting lodging of fertile silt.

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Trade in Ancient Egypt

Trade in Ancient Egypt (New Kingdom Period)
The involves of ancient advanced societies like Egypt were not fully fulfilled by their own resourcefulness, so trade routes were got to reach distant countries. The ancient Egyptians most oftentimes visited the countries along the Mediterranean Sea and the Upper Nile River to the south because they were immediately connected to Egypt and contained materials that the Egyptians desired. At several times in their history, the ancient Egyptians set up trade paths to Cyprus, Crete, Greece, Syro-Palestine, Punt, and Nubia. Egyptian records as early as the Predynastic Period list some tokens that were worked into Egypt, taking leopard peels, giraffe tails, monkeys or baboons, cattle, ivory, ostrich plumes and eggs, and gold. Punt (whose location is variable) was a major source for incense, while Syro-Palestine provided cedar, oils and salves, and horses.
Land travel was longitudinal and dangerous because of contingent attack by nomadic peoples. Donkeys were the only transport and throng animals used by the Egyptians until horses were brought to Egypt in Dynasty XVIII (1539-1295 B.C.). Horses were valuable and used only for sitting or for pulling chariots. The domesticated camel was not enclosed in Egypt until after 500 B.C.
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