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Elizabeth Lee Grade 4

The Ancient Egyptians. Elizabeth Lee Grade 4. Geography. Lived along Nile Surrounding deserts gave protection. Geography. Nile used for many things Farmed & grew crops, fruit, & grain in rich soil along Nile. Review Question.

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Elizabeth Lee Grade 4

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  1. The Ancient Egyptians Elizabeth Lee Grade 4

  2. Geography • Lived along Nile • Surrounding deserts gave protection

  3. Geography • Nile used for many things • Farmed & grew crops, fruit, & grain in rich soil along Nile

  4. Review Question The Ancient Egyptians lived along what body of water, which provided them with food, entertainment, transportation, and so many other things? • The Red Sea • The Euphrates River • The Nile River

  5. Religion • Polytheistic- believed in many higher beings • Higher beings helped in: - creation, flooding of Nile, protection, afterlife

  6. Religion • Examples: Aten-sun god • Horus-protected Egypt • Isis-helped people in need

  7. Mummification • Process of preserving the dead • Developed over many centuries

  8. Mummification • Practice: embalmed, wrapped in linen, & buried in coffin • Social class determined possessions buried with

  9. Pyramids Some think Egyptians best builders ever Shape drawn in sand, large stones dragged by men to pyramid & stacked Process took many (20) years

  10. The Great Pyramid Of Giza is the biggest and best preserved

  11. Sphinx • Located-Giza near The Great Pyramid • Made of limestone • Head-pharaoh, body-lion • Gave protection & honored Gods

  12. Hieroglyphics • Recording history was important • Hieroglyphics-form of writing • Only scribes knew how to write • Alphabet represented by pictures

  13. Rosetta Stone • Helped explain hieroglyphics • Made-Egypt-200BC-black basalt • Contains 3 alphabets: • Hieroglyphics • Demotic • Greek

  14. Education • Girls-no education-stayed home with mothers to cook & clean • Poor children stayed home helping parents with farm

  15. Education • Only wealthy boys were schooled • Taught by priests in temples

  16. Beauty and Health • Oils/creams-protection from sun • No dressing before shower • Took pride in clean clothes

  17. Beauty and Health • Men & women wore make up, perfume, & jewelry • Many stones, beads, & gold

  18. Food • Food- meats, vegetables, & fruit • food-eaten immediately -no way to preserve

  19. Fruits include pomogranets, dates, and grapes grapes

  20. Vegetables include onions, garlic, & turnips

  21. Meats include cow legs & fish

  22. Ramses III And the Fall of Ancient Egypt • Last great Egyptian Pharaoh • Death-ended Ancient Egyptian society

  23. The Fall of Ancient Egypt • lost ore/fabric market-Egypt failed • Romans & others took over Mediterranean

  24. Entertainment • Hunting crocodiles, fox, & hyenas

  25. Entertainment • Hosting/attending parties with magicians, acrobats, dancers, singers, & live music

  26. Entertainment • Relaxing by Nile, swimming, boating

  27. Entertainment • Playing with ivory toys & board games

  28. Family Life • Valued family & children • Women = to men & highly respected

  29. Family Life • When parents died - men inherited land -women inherited household • Children looked after grandparents

  30. Review Question The Ancient Egyptians: 1. Valued their family 2. Thought men and women were equal 3. All of the above

  31. Correct This is the correct answer

  32. Incorrect I am sorry but this is not the correct answer Review

  33. Review • Thought children were blessings • Prayed for them if childless • Women-obey fathers & husbands but were equal

  34. Resources • http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/index.htm • http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/ • http://www2.sptimes.com/Egypt/EgyptCredit.4.2.html

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