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Egypt

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ANCIENT EGYPT

BRYTON MCCRARY- P.1

NILE RIVER

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NILE RIVER FACTS

  • The main crops are wheat and barley.
  • The flooding cycle helped farmers know when to plant their crops.
  • The two sources of the Nile River is water and food.
  • The Nile River is longest River.
  • Shemu is when farmers harvest their crops.

SOCIETY

SOCIETY FACTS

  • Enslaved people were at the lowest point of the social class.
  • The king was the highest in the social class.
  • Merchants, craftsmen, and scribes were in the center of the social class.
  • With hard work people were able to move intoa higher social class.
  • People were born into different social class.

PYRAMIDS

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PYRAMIDS FACTS

  • Egyptians had to learn 4 special skills that were needed to construct the pyramid.
  • The pyramids were built by an egyptian king.
  • The pyramids were used as a tomb for dead kings.
  • The king was buried with their belongings.
  • The kings had a camber to them self.

HIEROGLYPHICS

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HIEROGLYPHICS FACTS

  • Papyrus was the first paperused by the Egyptions.
  • Hieroglyphics is a writing system based on pictures.
  • Hieroglyphics could stand for sounds

PHARAOHS

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PHARAOHS FACTS

  • Egyptians believe a pharaoh is a god.
  • Fathers and mothers don't have no equal rights.
  • Hatshepsut was a woman who took the role of a pharaoh.
  • She said that sun god Ra was her real father.
  • She wasmarried to a pharaoh.