Some information that scribes record are things like how much wheat was harvested and how many taxes farmers owed to the government.
Scribes were the record keepers for Pharohs and Dignitaries.
Scribes from the aristocratic families.
Scribes are people that write things for other people. In ancient Egypt scribes were very skilled people. It took twelve years to become a scribe.
As in many countries where the majority of people were and are illiterate, scribes performed a very useful function in enabling people to communicate with one another at a distance. Also, their function was to be present at ceremonial occasions to record the details, so that in the future it would not be necessary to rely on people's memory of the event. The ancient Egyptians had very meticulous record-keeping systems for their harvests, building works, etc., and all this information would have been noted down by the scribes. So much of what we know today about ancient Egypt is due to the existence of the scribes and the artists (painters), who were really another kind of scribe, as the ancient Egyptians used hieroglyphics, which were a kind picture-writing, as they did not use letters to make words as most Western languages do today.
The scribes wrote on clay tablets that indicated what they were trying to communicate with other members of their city state. Scribes were also needed to record food and other materials. Scribes were very important in Mesopotamia.
Scribes recorded all important information that would need to be passed down the next hundreds of generations.
Scribes were the record keepers for Pharohs and Dignitaries.
The Ancient Egyptian scribes were asked to record any pieces of needed information. They were also asked by people to write letters to people
Basic and comprehensive information on scribes can be found on search databases. However, any more detailed information can be found on the original scribes themselves, which are hardly found unless in a university or main library.
Scribes from the aristocratic families.
Scribes would record laws, and write down anything important the king had to say. The king would also ask the scribes for advice and have them make decrees.
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They would write important information for the people of egypt.
In modern Israel, there are no scribes (just as there are no scribes in any other modern country). In Ancient Israel, scribes wrote down information for the government bureaucracy. At that time, literacy was incredibly low, so the scribes wrote and read for the leadership.
Scribes are people that write things for other people. In ancient Egypt scribes were very skilled people. It took twelve years to become a scribe.
they were called scribes
As in many countries where the majority of people were and are illiterate, scribes performed a very useful function in enabling people to communicate with one another at a distance. Also, their function was to be present at ceremonial occasions to record the details, so that in the future it would not be necessary to rely on people's memory of the event. The ancient Egyptians had very meticulous record-keeping systems for their harvests, building works, etc., and all this information would have been noted down by the scribes. So much of what we know today about ancient Egypt is due to the existence of the scribes and the artists (painters), who were really another kind of scribe, as the ancient Egyptians used hieroglyphics, which were a kind picture-writing, as they did not use letters to make words as most Western languages do today.