Wonen's place was considered to be in the home tending the family.
Scribes were the people trained to read and write
because they were the only ones that could write
In ancient Egypt only the scribes learnt to read and write!
They documented happenings and political decisions. They kept records of workers and purcheses. They documented briths and deaths. They were the only people who could read and write.
The scries could read and write, but rich people could learn to read a write aswell.
Scribes were the people trained to read and write
Scribos ~ Latin for write
failures get punished with a stick or a cane if you did do good you pass
because they were the only ones that could write
Scribes were the only people that could read and write in their time.
In ancient Egypt only the scribes learnt to read and write!
They documented happenings and political decisions. They kept records of workers and purcheses. They documented briths and deaths. They were the only people who could read and write.
The scries could read and write, but rich people could learn to read a write aswell.
No. Scribes only taught other apprentice scribes. The general public was not taught how to read.
Back then these people were called scribes and had to go to a special school to learn to do this because not everyone could read or write Back then these people were called scribes and had to go to a special school to learn to do this because not everyone could read or write
It would take about twelve years to be trained as a scribe. Only one person in a hundred could read or write back then. Scribes were needed to be the accountants of their day. They recorded food coming in to the graneries. They calculated how much food and supplies were needed for government projects and tomb building. They could be hired to write reports and letters for those who did not know how to do such things. Scribes not only did the writing. They made the papyrus.
The scribes position in the Ancient Egyptian society was to record things or write things down, for example the scribe would record the amount of grain was grown each year. The scribes started learning to write at the age of five and when they were twelve started working. All other boys would only be starting to learn their fathers trade at that time.