p3ch3social

Name: Mark Acosta

 * **Theme** || **How does this theme apply to your civilization?** ||
 * Gender roles and relations || * In Egypt men dominate life.
 * Men governed their households and also dominated public life.
 * However women made their influence felt in ancient Eyptian societies.
 * A select few women obtained a formal education and worked as scribes.
 * Women of the royal family frequently served as regents for young rulers. ||
 * Family and kinship || * Family played a pretty big role.
 * Each family member had a role to keep things running smoothly ||
 * Racial and ethnic constructions || * n/a ||
 * Social and economic classes || * Unlike any othercivilizations, there was one supreme pharoah and not a series of kings.
 * There was very little room for noble class in Egypt.
 * Even though there was very little noble class, they lived considerably better then the common people.
 * The royal people had gold, jewels, paintings and many other exotic items put into their grave when they died.
 * Common people and pesants had a very normal burial and had a few jewels, pottery and other family heirlooms.
 * A common person even could rise up through social classes and become high status. ||