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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt. The Gift of the Nile. The Nile River- the world’s longest river over 4,000 miles long. Lower Egypt. The Nile Delta. Upper Egypt. “Miracle of The Nile”. Yearly Flooding.

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Ancient Egypt

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  1. Ancient Egypt

  2. The Gift of the Nile The Nile River- the world’s longest river over 4,000 miles long.

  3. Lower Egypt The Nile Delta

  4. Upper Egypt

  5. “Miracle of The Nile” Yearly Flooding

  6. The Nile River flowed north and the winds blew south. Southbound boats hoisted a wide sail.

  7. Natural Barriers Deserts Red Sea Mediterranean Sea cataracts

  8. Polytheism

  9. King Menes 3100 BC King Menes united Upper and Lower Egypt

  10. Old Kingdom Pharaohs- Egyptian monarchs who ruled a Theocracy Theocracy: government based on divine rule Dynasty: series of rulers from the same family

  11. Pyramids Tombs for the mummified bodies of the pharaohs

  12. Hieroglyphics Egyptian form of writing

  13. Middle Kingdom New farmland created Nubians were conquered Pharaohs cared for the people

  14. Hyksos Invasion • 1652 BC- The Hyksos conquered Egypt using bronze weapons and horse drawn chariots

  15. New kingdom The New Kingdom 1567- 1085 BC Egyptian Empire Akhenaton introduced the worship of Aton as the sole god

  16. Hatshepsut: The First True Female? Pharaoh After the death of her father, Hatshepsut became queen to her half-brother. After he died, power passed to her stepson, Tuthmosis III, while he was still a small boy. Hatshepsut became co-regent but surprised everyone by grabbing sole power for herself and declaring herself Pharaoh - just the third woman to be pharaoh in 3,000 years. At first, Hatshepsut's move was very unpopular. To persuade her people, Hatshepsut stressed her royal ancestry and claimed that her father had publicly appointed her as his successor Over time she won over everyone but her stepson, who so resented having to wait to be Pharaoh he ordered that her name and image be removed from every part of Egypt.

  17. The End: The Sea Peoples

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