ANCIENT EGYPT

THE NILE RIVER

THE NILE RIVER FACTS

• The source of the Nile is the Blue Nile and the Highlands of Ethiopia.
• The Nile provided water that spills over on low-lying plains,from flooding.
• The sand effects the irrigation, by the river, of fruits, grains, and veggies.
• The Black Land stands for life.
• The Red Land stands for death.

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SOCIETY

SOCIETY FACTS

• The three most powerful classes are the nobles, priest, and king.
• There are nine total classes of the society.
• The lowest class are the enslaved people.
• A person who wrote on a papyrus for a living is called a scribe.
• Farmers and unskilled worker irrigate most of the crops.

EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS

PYRAMID FACTS

• Pyramids were built for homes for the dead kings.
• You has to be skilled in mathematics,geometry,engineering, and architecture to build pyramids.
• The kings chamber is found in the center of the pyramids.
• Pharaohs are also know as god-kings.
• Egyptians believed Pharaohs could take belongings to their after death.

HIEROGLYPHICS

HIEROGLYPHICS FACTS

• Ancient Egyptians had written records made by hieroglyphics.
• Hieroglyphics are based on pictures.
• Hieroglyphics could also stand for sound.
• Ancient Egyptians made the first ever paper.
• Hieroglyphics mainly represent ideas or objects.

PHARAOHS

PHARAOH FACTS

• Egyptians had a god-king that is called a pharaoh.
• Pharaohs "ruled over all."
• Only men are supposed to be Pharaohs.
• But there was one pharaoh that was a women, her name was Hatshepsut.
• She had two convincing phrases that told the people that she ruled.