ANCIENT EGYPT

NILE RIVER

NILE RIVER

• The first pharaoh began his rule in 2920 BCE, nearly 5,000 years ago
• Sand was everywhere, easily settling in the dough for flat bread
• Crops in the Lower Nile harvested and sent to market mid-February to mid-June
• The Black Land was meant for life and the Red Land was meant for danger
• Fields in the Nile flood, plain covered water and fertilized by a new batch of silk

SOCIETY

SOCIETY

• In Ancient Egypt people were born in different social classes that determined status and jobs
• Some people were able to move into a higher social class
• The king was at the top while enslaved people were at the bottom
• The king builds pyramids so when they die they will be buried there
• Everybody was organized and differentiated by society classes

PYRAMIDS

PYRAMIDS

• The pyramids were built by the Egyptian Kings
• To construct the pyramids you had to know mathematics, engineering, geometry, and architecture
• They served as tombs for the dead kings
• The Kings chamber is located inside the pyramid
• Offerings were made at temples
• They believed kings could take their processions with them after death

HIEROGLYPHICS

HIEROGYLPHICS

• Hieroglyphics is a system of writing that was based on pictures
• They represented ideas or objects but could also stand for sounds
• They later developed paper which made it easier for keeping records
• We know about the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt because of the written records that were left

PHARAOHS

PHARAOHS

• A Pharaoh is a god by whose dealings one lives, the mother and father of all...with no equal
• A Pharaoh possessed the power of a king
• Hatshepsut was awoken who became king
• Egyptians believed only men could be king
• Hatshepsut was portrayed as a male