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Gifts of the Nile

Shu (air god). Geb (earth). Nut (sky). . . Osiris. Lord of the UnderworldHope for the eternalGood deeds in life lead to eternal paradise. Isis. . Horus. . Seth. . Anubis preparing the dead.

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Gifts of the Nile

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    1. Gifts of the Nile

    3. Osiris Lord of the Underworld Hope for the eternal Good deeds in life lead to eternal paradise

    4. Isis

    5. Horus

    6. Seth

    7. Anubis preparing the dead

    8. “Natural” Mummification

    9. Canopic Jars Mummification Tools

    10. Menes (Narmer) First united Upper and Lower Egypt c. 3100 BCE Climate Change brought people closer to the river

    11. Rosetta Stone Hieroglyphics 3000s

    12. The Old Kingdom c. 2700-2255 BCE Capitol at Memphis (near Cairo) 2000 + divinities Floods = good crops Navigation, astronomy, medicine Contemporaneous with Sargon 1st pyramid construction

    13. Saqqara Step pyramid of Zoser by Imhotep

    15. Mastabas

    16. Mereruke’s Mastaba 2200s BCE

    17. Giza

    18. Pyramids of Giza Great Pyramid Khufu (Cheops) c.2500 Also mastabas, tombs, temples

    19. Middle Kingdom 2134-1784 BCE New capital at Thebes (near Luxor) Wars with Nubia Valley of the Kings Ended by Hyksos

    20. Interesting Monarchs in the New Kingdom (1570-1070 BCE) Pharaoh used c. 1400 BCE

    21. Hatshepsut c. 1500 BCE Tuthmosis II

    23. Amarna Revolution

    24. King Tut r. 1333-1323 BCE Became pharaoh at age 9 Died age 19

    27. Kush Later Nubia, then Sudan Power Source? Gold Kingdoms: Kerma (2000–1500 BC) Napata (800–591 BC) Nubian Pharaohs from c.719-656 Assyrians took over again. Meroe (270 BC–370 AD)

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