The Middle Kingdom
The Middle Kingdom
The Middle Kingdom
During the Middle Kingdom era, the middle class of artisans and scribes emerged. These people did not own estates and often lived and worked in towns.
artisans and scribes belonged to the upper middle-class in ancient Egypt.
They were the Traders, Artisans, Shopkeepers, and Scribes
scribes, artisans, and merchants
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merchants, artists, less rich citizens, scribes, gold makers, priests, priestesses, potters and woman and children.
The Sumerian middle class was made up of artisans, merchants and scribes. Since Sumerians acquired most of their wealth through trade, artisans and merchants had the ability to sell their wares to many who traveled to their land to trade. The collection of taxes was obviously very important and many scribes were employed by the government to keep careful records of these transactions.
In a largely illiterate society, scribes are frequently something like middle class.
At the top of the system were the gentry of upper class individuals. Then followed the middle class citizens, who were merchants, shopkeepers, skilled artisans, minor officials, etc. Lastly, at the bottom of society were laborers, soldiers, and servants.
They went to school