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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt. Egyptian Geography. Nile: Flows northward. Floods on July. Recedes in October. Egypt as the “gift of the Nile.”. Political Development. 5000 BCE: Early Egyptians live in farming villages in Lower Egypt. 3100 BCE: Menes unites all of Egypt.

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Ancient Egypt

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  1. Ancient Egypt

  2. Egyptian Geography • Nile: • Flows northward. • Floods on July. • Recedes in October. • Egypt as the “gift of the Nile.”

  3. Political Development • 5000 BCE: Early Egyptians live in farming villages in Lower Egypt. • 3100 BCE: Menes unites all of Egypt. • Establishes the capital of Memphis. • 2660 BCE - 2180 BCE: Old Kingdom begins.

  4. Political Development • 2180 BCE: End of Old Kingdom • 2080 - 1640 BCE: Middle Kingdom: • Pharaohs restore order. • 1640 - 1570 BCE: Egypt falls to the Hyksos.

  5. Political Development • 1570-1090 BCE: New Kingdom. • Hatshepsut • Amenhotep • Tutankhamen • Unprecedented wealth and power.

  6. Economic Development • Old Kingdom: • Slavery and Plantations. • Agriculture. • Middle Kingdom: • Trade with other nations. • Canal from the Nile to the Red Sea. • New Kingdom: • Expanded traded. • Wealth

  7. Technology • Writing: • Hieroglyphics: • Picture stands for an idea. • Papyrus: • Reeds from the Nile. • Numbers. • Math. • Columns. • Calendar • Medicine

  8. Cultural DevelopmentEgypt • Hieroglyphics • Papyrus • Numbers. • Math. • Columns. • Calendar • Medicine • Pyramids • Religion: • Polytheistic. • Pharaohs as gods. • Pyramids. • Social Pyramid: • Royal family -> wealthy landowners, government officials, priests, and army commanders -> merchants and artisans -> laborers and farmers -> slaves.

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