all egypt is the gift of the nile
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All Egypt is the Gift of the Nile. ANCIENT EGYPT. A society characterized by security and changelessness Protected by natural barriers Deserts (West and East) Mediterranean Sea (North) Cataracts (South) Red Sea (East) Regular flooding. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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A society characterized by security and changelessness
Protected by natural barriers◦ Deserts (West and East)◦ Mediterranean Sea
(North) ◦ Cataracts (South)◦ Red Sea (East)
Regular flooding
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Egyptian civilization arose slightly after Mesopotamia
3100 BCE King Menes unites villages of Upper and Lower Egypt (Dynasty)
3 major periods◦ Old Kingdom (2700 – 2200 BC)◦ Middle Kingdom (2050 – 1652 BC)◦ New Kingdom (1567 – 1085 BC)
Religion◦ Polytheistic◦ Sun god (Atum, Re)◦ Osiris (Resurrection)
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Pharaoh (Great House)◦ Divine◦ Absolute power
Bureaucracy Vizier
◦ 42 provinces
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These are the Giza pyramids, the most famous.◦ King Khufu
Pyramids were tombs for the kings.
Kings underwent process of mummification
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MQ5dL9cQX0
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/mummies/home.html
These were built in 2500 B.C.E.
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After 150 interregnum Middle Kingdom is established
Looked upon as a “Golden Age” Egypt expands to Nubia Pharaoh transformed into more of a
shepherd like figure Delta drained Canal dug between Nile and
Red Sea
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Cultural Diffusion◦ Chariot◦ Bronze
Names you may know◦ Hatshepsut◦ Amenhotep IV -> Akhenaton◦ Tutankhamen◦ Cleopatra VII
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Pharaoh
Nobles and PriestsMerchants,
artisans, scribes and tax collectors
Farmers
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Hieroglyphics “priest carvings” Hieratic script Ancient Egyptians wrote on
papyrus, a substance derived from the plant of the same name