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ANCIENT EGYPT AND THE NILE
EGYPT
• Primarily desert• Part of the
Sahara Desert
NILE RIVER•Land is very moist and fertile near the river•Nile River basin was home to many different types of animals•Water from the Nile allowed the Egyptians to grow huge crops of:
• barley
• emmer wheat
• beans
• chickpeas
• flax•Made oils and traded•Able to raise different farm animals:
• Chickens
• Cattle•Supplied the Ancient Egyptians with a year-round supply of fish to eat
HISTORYKINGDOM DATES
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
Archaic Kingdom
2,950 - 2,636 B.C.
Unification of all Egypt
Old Kingdom2,636 - 2,031 B.C.
Construction of the pyramids begins
First Intermediate Kingdom
2,031 - 1,941 B.C.
Political Chaos
Middle Kingdom
1,941 - 1,736 B.C.
Political Stability
Second Intermediate Kindom
1,736 - 1,517 B.C.
Invasion of Ancient Egypt by the Hyksos
New Kingdom1,571 - 1,055 B.C.
Creation of the Egyptian Empire
Civilization of Ancient Egypt flourished for more than 3,000 years
Survived years of wars and political struggle
Most of Ancient Egyptian history is organized according to the Kingdom, or Dynasty, that was in control of Ancient Egypt at the time
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN LIFE
Homes Clothing
Built their homes from bricks of sun-dried mud.
The houses would have several rooms and windows covered with curtains to keep out flies and dust
During the summers, many people slept on their roofs to keep cool
Egyptians had very little furniture - usually only small stools and jewelry boxes
Clothing was made out of linen.
Both men and women wore skirts called kilts, and children usually didn't wear clothes at all in the warm weather
Wealthy women sometimes wore beaded dresses, and wealthy men often wore decorative robes
LANGUAGE
The language spoken by Ancient Egyptians changed a bit over time
Came from: the languages spoken to
the east of Egypt Semitic languages like
Hebrew, and languages spoken to
the south, Hamitic languages like Somali.
The words in this language are mostly made up of consonant sounds
Old Egyptian is the language that scientists believe was being spoken at the time when the pyramids were built
Middle Egyptian came a bit later and has been found on many recently discovered business and government documents
Coptic the last known stage of the
Ancient Egyptian language used a lot of the Greek alphabet
with only a few additional letters from the older Egyptian languages
Coptic was mainly used by the Egyptian Christians toward the end of the time of the Ancient Egyptians.
EDUCATION•Education was very important to the Ancient Egyptians
•By becoming educated, Egyptians could move up to a more respected position in the society
•Getting a respected job, however, meant learning how to read and write
Hieroglyphs •Schoolchildren spent hours copying these hieroglyphs in order to get their education•Egyptian children also learned a lot about math in school.•Importance of Math
• Pyramids•Young boys went to school to learn reading, writing, religion, and arithmetic. •There were no schools for girls, but many learned to read and write at home.
PYRAMIDS
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PYRAMIDS (CONT’D) Built in Ancient Egypt as tombs, or burial
places, for Egyptian pharaohs, or kings Believed in an afterlife, so it was very
important to them to protect the bodies of their pharaohs
In order to keep the body of the pharaoh safe, the insides of the pyramids were like mazes with secret doors and dead-end passages
The pharaoh would be near the bottom or even underground
Other rooms contained things like jewelry and furniture that the pharaoh might want in his next life
PYRAMIDS (CONT’D) The Egyptians had
to use their hands to make big blocks out of different kinds of sand, clay, and stone
Pulled them up big ramps onto the pyramid
The largest pyramid ever built was over 450 feet high
PYRAMIDS OF GIZA
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