HERMOPOLIS

GEOGRAPHY

• Ancient Egyptians lived along a very narrow band of land that was made fertile by the Nile River's yearly flooding.
• Ancient Egyptians unified neighboring villages into districts called nomes.
• Each nome had a standard, and a portable sign that included an image of nome deity or a symbol of religious power.

GOVERNMENT

• There were 5 ranks/classes
• They were Noble (First Rank), Administrator (Second rank), Scribe (Third rank), Artisan (Fourth Rank), and Laborers or farmers (fifth rank).
• They were ruled by a pharaoh named Akhenaten

WORSHIP (gODS)

• The people of Hermopolis worshiped Thoth, the God of wisdom, scribes, and the upholder of justice.
• Thoth (Pronounced Toth) is often shown holding papyrus and a reed pen to record judgements.

THOTH OUR GOD

FUN FACTS

• Thoth's sacred animals were the ibis and the baboon.
• Nomes had carefully marked boundaries with records kept of their amount of farmland and their canals with all their branches.

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