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CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 3. ANCIENT EGYPT. Ancient Egypt. Farming 5000 B.C.E. River valley Nile Civilization 3200 B.C.E. GOVT. Govt. Pharaoh, between gods-men Protect people Bureaucracy Regional governors. EDUCATION. Hieroglyphic alphabet Pictograms, phonetic Papyrus Restricted

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CHAPTER 3

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  1. CHAPTER 3 ANCIENT EGYPT

  2. Ancient Egypt • Farming 5000 B.C.E. • River valley • Nile • Civilization 3200 B.C.E.

  3. GOVT. • Govt. • Pharaoh, between gods-men • Protect people • Bureaucracy • Regional governors

  4. EDUCATION • Hieroglyphic alphabet • Pictograms, phonetic • Papyrus • Restricted • Hymns, prayers, poetry

  5. PABLO NERUDA • Love Sonnet XII crave your mouth, your voice, your hair.Silent and starving, I prowl through the streets.Bread does not nourish me, dawn disrupts me, all day I hunt for the liquid measure of your steps.

  6. EGYPT

  7. SOCIETY • Stratified • Most poor • Few elites • Entertainment? • Beer (hekt): 17 types (“the heavenly,” “the beautiful”) • $$$ • Women • More rights (legal)

  8. ECONOMY • Pharaoh and state • Monopolies • Land, trade

  9. RELIGION • Central role • Flood cycles, illness • Sacrifices • Osiris (invented beer)

  10. BUILDERS • Pyramids • 80, Old Kingdom • Wealth and grandeur

  11. KINGDOMS

  12. KUSH • Kush • Southern Nile, Egyptian border • Independent, 1000 B.C.E.

  13. KUSH • Kush • Height: 250 B.C.E. to 50 C.E. • center of iron working

  14. The Eastern Mediterranean,c. 1100 B.C.E.

  15. The Spread of Civilization in Africa • Bantu Dispersal • Agriculture and iron • Nigeria • Spread by 1200 C.E.

  16. The Spread of Civilization in Africa • The Bantu Dispersal • Contact with other groups

  17. Bantu Migrations

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