ANCIENT EGYPT

PYRAMIDS

• Each pyramid approximately took 20 years to build.
• When pharaohs died, the slaves would build a pyramid and would mummify them then put them in coffins with their most beloved stuff for the afterlife.
• The slaves had to do lot jobs that no one wanted to do, like building the pyramids that still remain today.

CULTURE

• Most people in ancient Egypt were farmers, slaves, crafts people, scribes, soldiers or priests.
• The poorer Egyptian lived in sun baked mud houses that had flat roofs.
• Looking nice and being clean was very important to the Egyptians, also make up was also very important too, the most common make up was the eye make up.

RELIGION

• The people of ancient Egypt developed their religion based on gods and goddesses and the powers they had.
• Ancient Egyptian religion was a range of polytheistic beliefs and rituals which were very important part of ancient Egyptian society.
• Religion was important in ancient Egypt and if you disagreed with the pharaoh or had a different belief than others, you would have a punishment.

GOVERNMENT

• The ancient Egyptians were ruled by pharaohs who were thought to be the living god.
• From the beginning of the old kingdom until the end of the new kingdom, the most powerful person in Egypt as the King and occasionally the queen.
• The King was also known as the pharaoh this is an Egyptian word meaning "great house".

ARTS

• The ancient Egyptian art work and style is very unique and different from other civilization.
• They created statues, paintings, pottery and much more.
• The material they used for the art work were either imported from countries near by or from locally.

ENVIRONMENT

• The ancient Egyptian lived mainly in the dessert areas where there weren't many water or lakes.
• During the winter seasons, it would rain so much that the rain water would flow in to the Nile river and flooded the crops near by.

SCIENCE & TECH

• The ancient Egyptian invented eye make up, written language, papyrus sheets, the calendar, breath mints, bowling, shaving head and facial cream, toothpaste and the lockable door.
• They were also the only civilization that mummified bodies after they died.

ECONOMICS

• The ancient Egyptians were great traders and knew what was the good stuff and what wasn't.
• They traded gold, papyrus sheets, linen, grains, ivory, iron, ebony, cooper and cedar wood.

SOCIETY

• The hierarchy of ancient Egypt were that the pharaohs were the most important person and had the most power in the world.
• On the other hand, at the bottom of the hierarchy are the slaves.
• The slaves had to do all the jobs that no one wanted to do like building the pyramid that still remain today.

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