ANCIENT EGYPT

NILE RIVER

NILE RIVER

• The Blue and White Nile are the two sources for the Nile River which was the diffrence between life and death to Egyptians.
• Most cities on the river are spread out unevenly.
• The Akhet season is where farmers are busiest because they work off public labor.
• The planting seasons are determined by the mother Nile.
• Lower Egypt is the lowest part of Egypt and is farther north than upper Egypt.

SOCIETY

SOCIETY

• The highest class is where the Pharaoh is placed.
• Enslaved people, farmers, and unskilled workers harvested papyrusand other crops.
• People in Egypt were born into different classes which determined what their job was.
• Merchants, craftsmen, and scribes wrote on papyrus for a living.
• Merchants, craftsmen, and scribes had a higher status than enslaved people, farmers, and unskilled workers.

PYRAMIDS

PYRAMIDS

• Pyramids were built by Egyptian Pharaohs.
• Mathematics, geometry, engineering, and architecture were needed to build pyramids.
• Pyramids would serve as a tomb or house for a dead Pharaoh.
• Egyptians used the temple to give offerings.
• A Pharaoh was buried with its belongings because that is what Egyptians believed.

HIEROGLYPHICS

HIEROGLYPHICS

• Hieroglyphics were invented by the Egyptians.
• Hieroglyphics were used to represent a idea or an object.
• Hieroglyphics helped Egyptians keep records of their Pharaohs.
• Egyptians created the first paper to write hieroglyphics on.
• Hieroglyphics were ideas about objects but could stand for sounds.

PHARAOHS

PHARAOHS

• Ancient Egyptians believed their Pharaoh was a god.
• A Pharaoh had the power to control its people's lives.
• A Pharaoh is a god whose dealings with one lives, the father and mother of all... Without an equal.
• Hatshepsut took control by saying RA was her real father.
• Hatshepsut was portrayed as a male because Egyptians believed their Pharaoh should be a male.