GOAL
I would like to research Economy. I will like to
find out how they used money and when they
started to use it. I also would like to see
how the rich and poor lived. I want to find
out how they traded and bartered and what
they got in return. I would like to see how
much everyone gets paid too. I will present it
by Power Point and I want to work on it for
one day.
ECONOMY
By Rachel
MONEY(COINS)
In the fifth century silver and gold pieces were made. But before coins were invented, they would trade instead. They didn’t use money until the 4th century B.C. The cost was measured in Deben, a copper weight that weighed half an ounce. For home supplies it would be 2 Deben, but for animals it would be about 20 Deben, but that all depended on which animals it was. They would barter for animals instead of buying them because it would probably be a lot cheaper to do that instead.
THESE ARE DEBEN
Deben was worth one-fourth of a gram of
gold.
RICH PEOPLE
The rich had gigantic houses, super fine
jewelry, and really comfortable seats and
beds. They had comfortable life styles. The
richest people in Egypt, where the Pharaoh,
his/her family. The next richest was the
vizier, then officials. As you can see there
was not many rich people in Ancient egypt.
POOR PEOPLE
Poor people had a hard life. Their life would be
hard labour and maybe slave trade, but only
if they were a slave, and if they got paid
enough they would be really lucky to own a
donkey for transportation. Most people were
poor in ancient egypt though. The problem
was there was no in between, you were
either rich or poor…
JOBS
These are the jobs from most paid to least
paid:
The Pharaoh, Scribes, Priests, Embalmer,
Doctor, Farmer, Tomb Builder, Soldier,
Goldsmith, Artist, Dancer, Boatman, and then
there were slaves, of course they got nothing
usually.
TRADE(BARTERING)
Trade was done by bartering. The Egyptians got very wealthy because of trade. They traded over the Mediterranean sea, and other parts of Africa. They traded things like barley, wheat, linen, papyrus, and rope. In return they would get, gold, silver, copper, iron, jewels, spices, ostrich eggs, feathers, timber and even slaves. They used boats to trade with other places. The Egyptians used the most possible and accurate system of measurement for trade. They also used tax to trade with others that use tax too, or else that wouldn’t be fair.
REFLECTIONS
Doing economy was easier than I thought it would be. It was easy to find trade and bartering. Also, it was easy to find the order of jobs and how people lived. Like, the poor life and the rich life. I liked researching economy, it was practically as easy as researching agriculture!! I guess l liked doing the self study. I just don’t like getting a lot of work. I hope we can do it again next year, maybe on Ancient Greece
RESOURCES
http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/trade/inter
nal_trade.htm
Some of my dads books
These are what l used for resources.