ANCIENT EGYPT

NILE RIVER

NILE RIVER

• The flooding of the Nile determined planting season.
• The Nile River's sources are the Blue Nile and the White Nile.
• The Nile River empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
• The Nile River flood cycle is made up of Akhet, Peret, and Shemu.
• The Nile Valley gets less than one inch of rain a year.

SOCIETY

SOCIETY

• Enslaved people were at the bottom of Egyptian society.
• People could move into higher social classes.
• People's social class determined their status and jobs.
• The pharaoh had the highest status in the society.
• People were born into different social classes.

PYRAMIDS

PYRAMIDS

• Pyramids were used as houses or tombs for dead kings.
• To build pyramids, Egyptians had to know mathmatics, geometry, engineering, and architecture.
• Egyptians put chambers in the pyramids to reduce weight from above.
• Pharaohs were buried with their possessions.
• Egyptians believed that their kings could still take their possessions with them after they died.

HIEROGLYPHICS

HIEROGLYPHICS

• Hieroglyphics were based on pictures.
• Hieroglyphics could stand for sounds.
• Hieroglyphics could be carved into clay or stone or written into papyrus.

PHARAOHS

PHARAOHS

• Ancient Egyptian kings were called pharaohs.
• Pharaohs were thought of a gods.
• Egyptians believed that only men could be king.
• Hatshepsut took control by telling the people that the sun god Ra was her real father.
• Hatshepsut is often showed wearing male clothes and a beard.