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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt. World Studies. Geography. Relative Location Northeast Africa Along the Nile River South of the Mediterranean Sea and east of the Red Sea. Geography. Movement The Nile flows north from its source in Lake Victoria to its mouth in the Mediterranean Sea which forms a delta.

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Ancient Egypt

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  1. Ancient Egypt World Studies

  2. Geography • Relative Location • Northeast Africa • Along the Nile River • South of the Mediterranean Sea and east of the Red Sea

  3. Geography • Movement • The Nile flows north from its source in Lake Victoria to its mouth in the Mediterranean Sea which forms a delta. • Upper and Lower Egypt • (This is tricky!) River flow

  4. Advanced Cities • Memphis – capital of United Egypt • Thebes – center of artifacts • Temple of Luxor • Valley of Kings • Temple of Ramses • Giza – Sphinx & Great Pyraminds

  5. Specialized Workers Masons Slaves

  6. Complex Institutions • Pharaoh • Dynasty • Theocracy • polytheism • Egyptian gods • Amun-Ra • Osiris • pyramids • mummification

  7. Record Keeping & Writing • Pictogram • Hieroglyphics • Papyrus • Rosetta Stone

  8. Advanced Technology • Pyramid • Calendar • Forensics • Water clock • Sun dial • Bronze work • medicine

  9. Old Kingdom • Upper and Lower Egypt united in 3200 BC • Pharaoh- King of Egypt- seen as a God • Pyramids- tombs for Pharaoh • Mummification- embalming corpse to prevent decay • Nile river floods and deposits a rich layer of silt • During flood farmers worked on pyramids and other projects

  10. Anubis- God of embalming and the Dead

  11. Old Kingdom • Old Kingdom- 2660-2180 BC • Sun rises on East side of River where cities are- Life. Sets on West side where tombs are- Death • Egyptians Polytheistic- worship many Gods • How did the Egyptian view of the afterlife compare to that of the Sumerians? • Compare/contrast the writing and document storage systems of Egypt and Sumer.

  12. Ra- God of Sun

  13. Nut- Goddess of Sky

  14. Amun-King of Gods

  15. Delivering a Baby

  16. Medical Instruments

  17. Fractured forearm with splint

  18. Great Pyramids at Giza

  19. Great Sphinx

  20. Middle Kingdom • Old Kingdom ends 2180 BC • Middle Kingdom: -dug a canal from Nile to Red Sea -Built dykes on Nile to trap water -Drained swamps in lower Egypt to create farmland -Traded with Mesopotamia and Indus Valley • Hyksos conquer Egypt and invite Jews

  21. New Kingdom • Hyksos defeated, New Kingdom begins, Jews enslaved • Kush conquers Egypt 750 BC- from Ethiopia • Egyptian rule ends with Greek conquest- 300s BC

  22. Irrigation of a palm orchard by a shaduf

  23. Irrigating and harvesting in a vegetable garden.

  24. Bronze Medical Needle

  25. Circular Medical Cautery

  26. Hieroglyphic Alphabet

  27. The Rosetta Stone

  28. The Rosetta Stone

  29. Numbers

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