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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt. The Land of the Pharaohs. By: Miss McCasland. Union of Two Crowns. Egypt’s Villages are thriving! * Surplus of Crops * New Technology * Tools, pottery, jewelry There was also TERROR AND FEAR!! Wars were waging between villages. How do we know this?

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Ancient Egypt

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  1. Ancient Egypt The Land of the Pharaohs By: Miss McCasland

  2. Union of Two Crowns Egypt’s Villages are thriving! * Surplus of Crops * New Technology * Tools, pottery, jewelry There was also TERROR AND FEAR!! Wars were waging between villages. How do we know this? Evidence of ruins of walls and paintings of bloody battle scenes!

  3. Banding Together • The people of Egypt joined together into two separate kingdoms: Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. • Upper Egypt King wore a white crown. • Lower Egypt King wore a red crown.

  4. Pharaoh Menes • KING OF UPPER EGYPT • LED HIS FORCES INTO LOWER EGYPT AND OVERTHREW THE KING • BECAME THE FIRST PHARAOH (THE NAME GIVEN TO ALL RULERS IN EGYPT) • DOUBLE CROWN- • SHOWED VICTORY • SYMBOLIZED UNIFICATION-JOINING OF SEPARATE PARTS INTO ONE

  5. THE OLD KINGDOM

  6. Government Under the Pharaohs • Most powerful leaders were assigned as local governors. • Collected taxes, local judges, made sure floodwaters were shared evenly • Reported to Egypt’s headquarters in Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt

  7. Religion in Ancient Egypt Pharaoh- great political and religious power Egyptians believed the pharaoh was a child of Ra, the sun god and most important RA • Gave life to Earth • Pharaoh gave life to Egypt • Ra and pharaoh deserved to be worshipped

  8. Other gods… Isis- protected people from sickness and harm Osiris- represented the dead who awaited rebirth

  9. Egypt’s Economy ALL THINGS IN EGYPT BELONGED TO THE PHARAOH, MAKING HIM THE CENTER OF THE ECONOMY!

  10. ECONOMY • Way people manage money and resources for the production of goods and services • Egypt’s economy was based on agriculture

  11. Division of Surplus Food Collected For Taxes

  12. Taxes, Taxes, Taxes Pharaoh taxed everything, even people’s TIME!! For example, during flood season, Egyptians from priests to potters to farmers were called upon to build canals or buildings for the government. Craftworkers and artists kept temples supplied in exchange for clothes and food.

  13. A SYSTEM OF WRITING

  14. HIEROGLYPHICS • Made up of about 800 picture signs • Individual picture-signs or symbols were called hieroglyphs • Could stand for objects or sounds • The reason we know so much about Ancient Egyptians • Rosetta Stone

  15. Rosetta Stone • The Key to A Lost Language • 400 A.D. Hieroglyphics fell out of use and the meaning was lost • 1799 French soldier found the Rosetta Stone

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