Monday, February 10, 2014

Egypt


Geography
  • Nile gives water for drinking, farming, bathing and transportation
  • every July it floods
  • every October it leaves behind rich soil
  • the delta is a broad triangular area of rich soil
  • managing the river had to do with irrigation 
Pyramids
  • the great Sphinx of Giza
    • built in 2555-2532
    • a recumbent lion with a human head
    • oldest monumental statue in the world
Daily Life



pharaohs(religious and political leader)
government officials and pretests(white kilts)
soldiers(wooden weapons w/ bronze tips) 
scribes(wrote stories, kept records)
artisans(pictured afterlife) and merchants(trade system)
slaves and servants (worked for wealthy)

Pharaohs
  • lord of the 2 lands
  • high priest of the temple
  • owned all land
  • made laws
  • collected taxes
  • Hatshepsar was a woman pharaoh
  • .Cleopatra 7th last of the pharaohs
gods and goddesses
  • over 2,000
  • sun god - Ra
  • controlled lives of humans





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