Am I mixing things up? Do I remeber properly, that Egyiptians did not make piramids by slaves? Did they have slaves at all? Any good sight to reccomend?
2006-11-14 07:51:49 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The Egyptians had slaves, usually victims of conquest, but the pyramids were not built with slave labor. They were a big civic project designed to keep the farmers who couldn't work during the inundation busy. They got paid and they were too busy to cause trouble.
The Romans also had slaves, but it was the Roman legions that built the roads and many of the public buildings. Why? When you don't have a war going on, you still have to keep the soldiers busy.
2006-11-14 09:02:23 · answer #1 · answered by loryntoo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Egyptians had slaves. As for the Bibical account of the Hebrew slaves, they built the pyramids like a brick manufacturer builds a home. In almost all citified societies, the potter was one of the lowest class of people. The Hebrews were brick makers who ranked lower than the potter.
2006-11-14 08:17:26 · answer #2 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Basically everyone had slaves. The Hebrews became slaves for the Egyptians. which led to the crossing of the Red Sea, religion wise and historical wise. whiever way you take it.
2006-11-14 09:32:28 · answer #3 · answered by ally 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, slavery was an important part of the economy of Egypt. Slaves usually came from conquests of other lands. Remember, the Hebrews were one of the groups of slaves in Egypt.
2006-11-14 08:01:32 · answer #4 · answered by Charles 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Contrary to some popular depictions, the pyramid builders were not slaves or foreigners. Excavated skeletons show that they were Egyptians who lived in villages developed and overseen by the pharaoh's supervisors.
2006-11-14 08:10:31 · answer #5 · answered by lethallolita 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the hebrews were the egyptians' slaves. hebrews are what we now call jews. the jewish holiday of passover celebrates when the jews cast off the slavery of the egyptian pharaoh. as some say, "the jews built the pyramids."
2006-11-14 08:02:35 · answer #6 · answered by dairydinah 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They had slaves. Rather a common institution of the time.
2006-11-14 07:55:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heres a couple of sites
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/slaves.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptians
2006-11-14 08:00:26 · answer #8 · answered by TroubleRose 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey, what kind of questions is it? Of course there were slaves.
Do you really think Asterix &Obelix helped building pyramids? :-)))
2006-11-14 11:35:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anno Domini 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sure they had slaves, it was customary
2006-11-14 08:10:04 · answer #10 · answered by bigonegrande 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋