Ancient Egypt
In Ancient Egypt farming was important. In 5000 B.C., nearly 2000 years before the first Egyptian dynasty, farmers dug trenches from the Nile and waited for the big flood so it could irrigate the land. Most jobs in ancient Egypt you would inherit from your father. If your father was a jewelry merchant, you would probably be a jewelry merchant. There were exceptions, usually only for things that required great talent. An example in modern time would be playing on a professional sports team, an artist, writer, or musician. Another exception in Egypt was to be a scribe. To be a scribe, you would go to scribe school, where most failed the course. People who succeeded in the course were in high demand, because in Ancient Egypt, everything was written down. There were many lists in Ancient Egypt as there were lists for almost anything. Some scribes could move up all the way in the scribe chain to the Pharaoh's court. The Pharaoh was technically in charge of Egypt, but did not always do all the work. Pharaohs were from a dynasty, a family. The dynasty would continue until the family tree ran out. Then it would go to a different family and start a new dynasty, similar to the monarch system in Europe.