ANCIENT EGYPT

NILE RIVER

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• 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

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• 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