RISE OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS - EGYPT
FIRST, A MAP – P. 46
Label:
•Nile River•Upper Egypt•Lower Egypt•Nile Delta•Great Pyramids/Sphinx
GEOGRAPHY
Nile flooded regularly – made it easier for growing foods and advancing civilizations.
DYNASTY
Family of rulers whose right to rule is passed down.
On the right: Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms – 3
major periods of Egyptian History
PHARAOH
Egyptian Monarch (What’s a monarch?)
Built pyramids for burial – Largest built under Khufu in 2540 BC.
GOVERNMENT/SOCIETY
Egypt had a Theocracy/Bureaucracy
MUMMIFICATION
Way to preserve the dead.
Mummies placed in sarcophagus – emphasis on afterlife
HIEROGLYPHICS
Egyptian style of writing
Egyptians = Hieroglyphs --- Sumerians = Cuneiform
HATSHEPSUT
Female pharaoh that tried to look and act like a man.
Why would she do this?
Men believed to have more power in society
TUTANKHAMEN (KING TUT)
Boy king who restored the old gods
Focus on religion
OSIRIS AND ISIS
Story of the gods
Osiris represents rebirth in society and life.
What geographic feature of Egypt may have contributed to this belief in rebirth?
ADDITIONAL
Economy = farming and trade
On what river was the Egyptian Civilization founded?
2 Rivers of Mesopotamia?
Intellectual – Accurate 365 day calendar using the moon and the star Sirius.