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ANCIENT EGYPTChapter 2
BELLRINGER FOR 9/4/12
Write down each of these statements, then write if it is true or false
The Nile River is the longest river in the world.
Upper Egypt is in the north part of the country.
Unskilled workers made up the largest social class in early Egypt.
Early Egyptians spent a lot of time on their roof.
Section 1
THE NILE VALLEY
A MIGHTY RIVER
Egypt Nile River Delta Sahara “Red Land”
THE RIVER PEOPLE
Flooding Kemet Shadoof Papyrus hieroglyphics
A UNITED EGYPT
The Rise of Government Narmer/Menes Dynasty
EARLY EGYPTIAN LIFE
Social Classes
FAMILY LIFE
Father Mother Children
BELLRINGER FOR 9/6/12
What are the four natural barriers that protect Egypt? How would each of these help to keep the Egyptians safe from invasion?
Answer in 3-5 sentences
Section 2
EGYPT’S OLD KINGDOM
OLD KINGDOM RULERS
Pharaoh
EGYPT’S RELIGION
Deities Re Hapi Isis Osiris
LIFE AFTER DEATH
The Book of the Dead Embalming Mummy Medicine
Spell 156 (to be recited when an amulet of red carnelian is placed on the mummy's neck during the wrapping process):
"You have power, O his! You have magic, O his! This amulet is a protection for this Great one. It will drive away those who would perpetrate evil against him!"
Three statements from Spell 125 (the most famous of the spells, it is recited when the mummy must receive its final judgment; the entire spell is rather long and is addressed to Osiris and 42 gods; the spell itself is divided into two main parts: an Introductory statement and the 42-item Declaration of Innocence, each item indicating a wrong that the dead person did not do while alive):
"'O Bone-Breaker who comes from Heliopolis, I have not told lies...
O Green Flame who comes from Memphis, I have not stolen food...
O Nefertem who comes from Memphis, I have not done any wrong, I have witnessed no crime...."
THE PYRAMIDS
Pyramid The Great Pyramid
Section 4
THE CIVILIZATION OF KUSH
NUBIA
Kush savannas
THE KINGDOM OF KERMA
Stronger villages took over weaker ones
Developed close ties to Egypt Ivory, gold, and slaves
WHY DID EGYPT INVADE NUBIA?
Thutmose III 50 year war Nubians adopt Egyptian ways
Religion Hieroglyphics
THE RISE OF KUSH
850 BC Napata Kashta 750 BC Piye 728
IMPORTANCE OF IRON
600s BC, Assyrians invade Egypt Kick out Kushites
Kushites learned iron making 1st African nation to devote to iron
making
A NEW CAPITAL
540 BC Meroe
Trade
