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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt. Chapter 2. The Nile Valley. The Nile River Basin Egypt The Nile River 4,000 mile long Blue Nile, White Nile Cataracts Delta Sahara The Nile People Floods Fertile soil Irrigation Shadoof. The Nile Valley Continued…. Land Surveying Papyrus Hieroglyphics

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Ancient Egypt

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  1. Ancient Egypt Chapter 2

  2. The Nile Valley • The Nile River Basin • Egypt • The Nile River • 4,000 mile long • Blue Nile, White Nile • Cataracts • Delta • Sahara • The Nile People • Floods • Fertile soil • Irrigation • Shadoof

  3. The Nile Valley Continued… • Land Surveying • Papyrus • Hieroglyphics • Egypt United • Civilization forms • Irrigation system, roads, surplus grain • Village Chiefs • Upper Egypt, Lower Egypt • Combined Kingdom • Narmer (Menes) • Memphis • Dynasty • Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom

  4. The Nile Valley Continued… • Early Egyptian Life • Egyptian social classes • Upper, Middle, Lower • Family life

  5. Old Kingdom • Old Kingdom (2600 B.C.E. – 2300 B.C.E.) • Pharaohs • Religion • Deities • Re • Hapi • Isis • Osiris • Book of the Dead • Afterlife

  6. Old Kingdom continued… • Embalming • Mummy • Medicine • Pyramids • Calendar • Mathematics • The Great Pyramid • King Khufu • Giza

  7. Egyptian Empire • Middle Kingdom (2050 B.C.E. – 1670 B.C.E) • From Memphis to Thebes • Expansion • Nubia, Syria • Tribute • Art • Valley of the Kings • Hyksos • Ahmose

  8. Egyptian Empire Continued… • The New Kingdom (1550 B.C.E – 1080 B.C.E) • Hatshepsut • Trade (Incense) • Thutmose III • Expansion (Nubia, Mesopotamia) • War Captives • AmenhotepIV (Akhenaton) • Nefertiti • Religious reform • Tutankhamen (King Tut) • Howard Carter • Ramses II • Temple of Karnak • Decline…

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