<em>A. Keep government records.</em>
Explanation:
Scribes were people in Egypt, who were usually men, who were able to read and write. This was rare for these times, so these people were very important. Scribes would keep attendance of different things, like taxes, government records, crops, and other needed things.
You had to attend school in order to become a scribe, learning to be able to read and write was a privilege. Normally these schools cost money, so people who were scribes normally had a good bit of wealth.
Scribes were very important during this time as they kept track of everything, between medical records to everyday life. Because of these scribes, we know a lot about ancient Egypt and how they developed and lived.
