ANCIENT EGYPT

NILE RIVER

NILE RIVER FACTS

• The Eastern Desert and Nubia are both bordering the Red Sea and the Nile River.
• Average rainfall has remained the same.
• The first pharoh began his rule in 2920 BCE,nearly 5,000 years ago.
• People paid their taxes in wheat.
• Lower Egypt is above higher egypt on a map.

EGYPTIAN SOCIETY

EGYPTIAN SOCIETY FACTS

• People were born in different social classes.
• If a king and queen had a baby boy, it will be the next king.
• Merchants, craftsmen, and scribes are all equal.

EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS

EGYPTIAN PYRAMID FACTS

• They had to learn specialized skills to build pyramids.
• Pyramids were built for dead kings.
• Pyramids had air shafts.
• Chambers reduced weight from above.
• There is a long hallway leading to every king's chamber.

HIEROGLYPHICS

HIEROGLYPHIC FACTS

• Letters were represented by pictures.
• They invented paper for their hieroglyphics.
• Hieroglyphics are kind of like the sumerian cuneiform.

PHARAOHS

PHAROH FACTS

• The king is called a pharoh.
• Pharohs even had roles in their lives.
• Girls weren't ever believed to be able to rule.
• Hatshepsut was usually thought of being a man.
• Hatshepsut was drawn with features of a man in pictures.