6th Grade Social Studies March 2014 Vol 1 | Page 8

(Period 1)

gold, copper, and other metals from other

What was it like to be an
Egyptian soldier?

soldiers. Egyptians were able to protect

By: George Peppe

Egyptians gained their copper weapons

their mines with copper weapons.
from mines they were able to protect.

Soldiers are really important and were
involved with the Egyptian government. The
Egyptian army is very important because
they protect the Egyptian empire. The daily
life of being a soldier is broken up into three
aspects which included training, what they
accomplished, and the variety of jobs in the
army.
First, if the Egypti