ANCIENT EGYPT

NILE RIVER

NILE RIVER

• Water for growing crops.
• Cities were close to the river.
• They were not vulnerable.
• Nile flood June-October.
• Farmers worked off tax by doing jobs.

SOCIETY

SOCIETY

• They had social classes
• King was highest
• Lowest was enslaved people

PYRAMIDS

PYRAMIDS

• There is a temple for offerings
• Pyramids where built by kings.
• Pyramids were tumbs for kings.
• Pyramids were houses for kings
• Pyramids have chambers in the middle

HIEROGLYPHICS

HIEROGLYPHICS

• Egyptians invented papyrus
• Represent ideas
• Carved clay or stone
• Represent sounds
• Invented first paper

PHARAOHS

PHARAOHS

• King was called pharaoh
• Was a god
• Controlled all parts of their life
• Hatshepsut was a women pharaoh
• Was the daughter and wife of a pharaoh