PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

NILE RIVER

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• IN the Nile river there are 2 sources the blue Nile and the white Nile
• When the blue and white niles grow full they dump into the main river
• The lower Egypt is lower in elevation
• Egyptians only have three seasons Akhet, Peret, and shemu.
• When the bad Nile happens towns will flood.

SOCIETY

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• Slaves are the lowest class in the Egyptian society
• The scribes and noblemen are in the class before the king
• Noblemen and priests prech and collect tax
• Merchants, craftsmen, scribes were the people that made things in the town
• When you work hard you can move up in the social classes

PYRAMIDS

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• The old kingdom is best known for its huge structures they built
• Egyptian kings in the old kingdom build these structures
• The large stone pyramids served as houses or tombs for the dead kings
• To build the pyramids the Egyptians needed to learn mathematics, geometry, engineering, and Architecture
• Ancient Egyptian pharaohs or God-Kings, had workers build huge pyramids to serve as tombs

HIEROGLYPHICS

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• Egyptians use pictures to represent letters in their language
• The language has letters with two pictures their language is called hieroglyphics
• They put it on stone and clay but then they put it an paper
• The paper was called papyrus
• Paper made it easier for Egyptians to keep records

PHARAOHS

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• Ancient Egyptians referred to their king as the pharaoh
• A pharaoh is a god by whose dealings one lives the father and mother of all without an equal
• Hatshepsut had to put on a beard and male clothes just so the people would think she was a man
• Hatshepsut was a girl pharaohs when only boys could be king
• She is described with a male pronoun