Studies On The Scribes In Ancient Egypt

The scribes, as an intellectual class in ancient society, is well respected by people. So do the scribes in ancient Egyptian. The scribes played a very important role in the formation of the ancient Egyptian civilization.The formation of the scribes class directly from the complexity of the hieroglyphs. For the social productivity conditions of ancient Egyptian, only a few people can go to learn to write. The earliest scribe appeared in the early dynasty, they have a lower position in the government, but they are indispensable. In the period of ancient kingdoms, the government agencies need more and more scribes, it promotes the formation of scibes class. At the same time, the scribe social status is also improved. Start from the Middle Kingdom period, especially in the New Kingdoms, scribes class constantly perfect the internal structure, and it became an influential group in the ancient Egyptian society.In more than 3,000 years of the ancient Egyptian civilization, the scribes class formed a complete internal system. From the horizontal point of view, scribes have more and more meticulous division of professional, in all departments of national life, you can see the relevant scribes; From the vertical point of view, scribes class from top to bottom had formed a sound internal management system. In addition to clerical work, scribes have more and more administrative responsibility.The presence of scribes in the role of formation the ancient Egyptian civilization is very significant. Firstly, in ancient Egypt's bureaucratic administrative system, scribes is the basic members, meanwhile they also manages the normal operation of the system, play the role of "system cells" and "system administrator"; secondly, In the economic life, the whole country's resources such as materials, food rations, and labor were arranged by scribes, they use their diligence and wisdom made the country's economy orderly and prosperity; thirdly, as a group of intellectuals, they hand created culture, such as in hieroglyphs evolution, the literary creation, science and technology, etc, on the other hand, scribes transmitted and passed the ancient Egyptian cultures by copy.