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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt. By: Jordan Chambers, Haylee Hauser, Tripp Stender. S.P.R.I.T.E. Social Most people were of dark skinned descent. Were different classes; upper class, middle class, and lower class. Women were supposed to stay home and cook and clean and make babies and watch over them.

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Ancient Egypt

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  1. Ancient Egypt By: Jordan Chambers, Haylee Hauser, Tripp Stender

  2. S.P.R.I.T.E. Social • Most people were of dark skinned descent. • Were different classes; upper class, middle class, and lower class. • Women were supposed to stay home and cook and clean and make babies and watch over them.

  3. Political • The government was a theocracy. • Three different section called kingdoms - Old kingdom: King was credited with being touched by gods and having powers - Middle Kingdom: In 2055 B.C. a new dynasty rose to power and began the middle kingdom and dynasty brought stability to Egypt - New kingdom: Government was most powerful and was at its peak, Queen Hatshepsut was know for expanding external trade.

  4. Religious • The government was centered around religion • They believed in over sixty gods and goddesses • As civilization grew and different pharaohs came to power, new religious ideas emerged • Strongly embraced that there was an after life for those who deserved it and because of this built large tombs and temples for the dead • Believed in Ra the sun god and Amon the sky god for everything that happened involving nature

  5. Intellectual • Grew a surplus of crops and stored them for the predictable flood season • Very organized education system • The pharaoh Akhenaten changed the religious system when he changed state god to Aten, and claimed that only he could worship Aten, and everyone else should worship the pharaoh. • Pharaohs had statues and monuments built in their name.

  6. Technology • Had a form of writing called hieroglyphics, which looks like tiny pictures • Had a controllable irrigation system in their fields • Invented the ox-drawn plow • Invented sails, allowing ships to move faster • First recorded organized labor

  7. Economic • Job specialization allowed for a mix of products to be sold in the market or exported. • Taxes • Coins as currency • Used the Nile as a trade route • Developing a banking system

  8. Artifact • The pyramids are located in Giza, a city on the western bank of the Nile • They are the most visited tourist attraction in the world • We chose the pyramids because they are the first thing that comes to mind when you think about ancient Egypt. • The pyramids served as tombs for the pharaohs and were an important part of the religious system of Egypt • The pharaohs were mummified and placed in the tombs after death • They believed that the decorative tombs and mummification would help them in the afterlife

  9. Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdtgX9ORiW4

  10. Sources • Robert K. Ritner, . N.p.. Web. 10 Feb 2014. <http://www.Reshafim.org>. • . N.p.. Web. 10 Feb 2014. <http://greatpyramidsgiza.com>. • North Carolina World History Human Legacy Textbook • . N.p.. Web. 10 Feb 2014. <http://www.cemml.colostate.edu/cultural/09476/egypt02-05enl.html>. • . N.p.. Web. 10 Feb 2014. <http://www.touregypt.net/godsofegypt/>. • Roehrig, C. H.. N.p.. Web. 10 Feb 2014. <Http://WWW.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mking/hd_mking.htm>.

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