General World Information

Marriage and Family
I think I will tackle this in a few different sections, since there is a lot to say about some of these things

Family Relations [/b]

Amongst the royal family, incest is quite common, considering they want to keep their power to themselves. Normally though, the closest relation that a husband and wife can be though are half siblings through their father, not their mothers. The only time outsiders were allowed to marry into the family were if there was no other sibling else who could be married. Normally Pharoah’s had many wives, but the most important was the one granted the title of Great Royal Wife, and it was her first son who would inherit the title of Pharoah after his father died.

Engagement Traditions
For the people of this world, marriage is a very important part of life, as a part of their religion. An unmarried woman is not exactly looked well upon if she is over the age of nineteen, with the exception of one who is engaged.

Both men and women are allowed to choose whether to ask for a divorce, however they may not do this if it is because the man has another lover, he is allowed to have one or more of these. And the wife in a relationship is well respected and has great prestige in the family, no one tends to argue against her. Well, with the exception of her husband.

The suitor’s parents would go to the house of the woman who had become their son’s fiancé to work out all the arrangements, including how much money they could offer to help pay for things, as well as the very special gift that their son would give his fiancé. Depending on how well off the suitor’s family was, decided on how expensive the gift would be.

Once this was decided, they set the date for the engagement party, which was when the bride received her ring, which to the people was a symbol of immortality, and her gift from the suitor.

When it comes to the royals though, children do not generally get a say in their first marriage.

Marriage Traditions
On the day before the wedding, as like we would in our own world, the female relations and friends of the bride to be would celebrate together that night, as the men would celebrate with the man. Normally there would merely be a feast at either persons home.
On the day of, most of the family and friends, as well as the bride and her husband will meet in the local temple for the contract of marriage to be signed, and then everyone went to the house where they would be living. The bride would travel there either by camel or donkey, whichever was readily available. Camels were more likely in the higher standing families.

Everyone would be there for a long party that lasted at least three hours into the night, before the guests left the couple to their own devices.

Things are much more extravagant amongst royals.

Sex and Pregnancy
Sex
A woman’s job was to eventually bear her husband a son. If she did not manage to do so, she could be divorced by the husband for this. If she was married, she was only allowed to sleep with her husband and no other man.

Whereas a husband was allowed to sleep with other women if he so chose to, and this was quite common in the royal family. Incest is even allowed too, but this is predominately via the royal family, as the royal blood is actually passed from the female line, not the male!

Pregnancy
The woman known to be pregnant would often pray to Isis for the continued growth of the child within her body, and also that the child would be healthy. In order to do this she was often sent to stay at the temple of Isis that was closest to her until the child was born, with her husband only being allowed in on the day the child would be born.

Children
A person was considered a child until the age of fourteen. Once they reached this age, they were brought up to know all the things expected of the family members. Once seventeen, women would be taught how to look after their house, and also were allowed to freely look for a man of their own. Men started looking when they turned sixteen, and were even allowed to sleep with any woman they wished at that age.

Both parents look after their children, and they are taught never to pick favorites either.

Elders
Elders are those who are above the age of thirty. They are no longer able to have children, and if this is the case, those who never married are shunned by the rest of the community and have to fend for themselves.

If however they did manage to have children, then their children will take them in to live with them instead.

Death
Those who died were subject to mummification and preparation for the afterlife. If they were a royal, they were buried in a pyramid. If not, in a tomb in the ground, but they were still mummified so that they could meet the god of the deads.

Agriculture
Wheat is a major plant grown across the nation. Due to its many uses, it is invaluable to people. It can be used to feed both the population and animals, and woven into other things such as baskets and hats.
Onions, leeks, garlic, beans, lettuce, lentils, cabbages, radishes and turnips are also widely grown.
Dates, figs, plums, apples and melons are also grown.
Domestic Animals and Pets
Pets only include cats and dogs for those who are not farmers. The nobles keep horses and camels as pets too.
Farmers keep oxen to help with their fields and cattle to pull their carts.
Cattle, goats and sheep are also farmed, for their meat and the different uses of their hides, as well as the cattle were also used as beasts of burden.