ANCIENT EGYPT

NILE RIVER

NILE RIVER FACTS

• They relied on the Nile for everything
• They had to rely on it, they only got 4 inches of rain a year
• Most Egyptian settlements were along the river
• Flooding cycles determined planting seasons like shemu
• Shemu is a time where plants are harvested and shipped to market, this all depressed on the flood cycles

SOCIETY

SOCIETY FACTS

• Kings had all power
• People were born into a social class which determined their jobs and status
• Some people could move up in ranks
• Farmer and unskilled workers had to farm papyrus
• This papyrus Scribes used farther up in the ranks to write

PYRIMIDS

PYRAMID FACTS

• To build a pyramid they needed to know math,geometry, architecture, and engineering
• Pyramids were used as a tomb for pharaohs
• There was a temple for offering
• Pharaohs inside the pyramid were buried with possesions
• One big hallway led to the tomb

HIEROGLYPHICS

HIEROGLYPHICS FACTS

• Hieroglyphics could represent objects or sounds
• They were carved in stone or clay
• Egyptians used them as a record
• The first paper was built in egypt

PHARAOS

PHARAOH FACTS

• They believed Pharaohs were gods
• They though their was no equal to the Pharaoh
• They thought men could only be a paraoh
• Once there was a queen who said her father was the sun god Ra
• She was written down as a man