ancient egypt by: sanjay nair. geography: ancient egypt was mostly desert

ANCIENT EGYPT

BY: SANJAY NAIR

GEOGRAPHY: ANCIENT EGYPT WAS MOSTLY DESERT.

THE NILE RIVER RUNS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF ANCIENT EGYPT.

IT IS LOCATED IN THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF AFRICA

ANCIENT EGYPT COVERS MUCH OF MODERN EYGPT.

FAMILY AND KIN: A MAN COULD HAVE MULTIPLE WIVES IN ANCIENT EGYPT.

A HUSBAND AND WIFE WERE NOT CONSIDERED FAMILY UNTIL THEY HAD THEIR FIRST CHILD.

FOR MOST MEN, MARRIAGE MARKED THE BEGINNING OF ADULTHOOD.

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION: ANCIENT EGYPT WAS ALWAYS RULED BY A PHARAOH.

THERE WERE ONLY FEW WOMEN PHAROHS.

EGYPTIANS OFTEN WENT TO WAR.

COMMUNICATION: EGYPTIANS USED HIEROGLYPHICS TO COMMUNICATE.

SOME HIEROGLYPHICS ARE COMPLICATED.

SOME HIEROGLYPHICS ARE HARD TO DRAW.

ECONOMICS: EGYPTIANS NEEDED TO FARM.(EI EI O!)

THEY MADE POTTERY, JEWELRY, AND FURNITURE FOR WORK.

THEY ALSO BUILT TEMPLES, PALACES, AND ROYAL TOMBS.

SCRIBES HAD A VERY IMPORTANT JOB OF READING AND WRITING.

EGYPTIANS HAD LOTS OF SOILDERS.

TECHNOLOGY: EGYPTIANS USED LOTS OF SPEARS.

EGYPTIANS USED AXES FOR WAR AND WORK.

EGYPTIANS USED CLUBS FOR WORK.

EGYPTIANS USED BOWS AND ARROWS IN WAR.

BELIEFS AND RITUALS: EGYPTIANS BELIEVE IN MANY GODS AND GODDESSES.

REGULAR EGYPTIANS WORSHIPED IN THEIR HOUSES.

PHARAOHS AND PRIESTS WORSHIPED IN TEMPLES.

EGYPTIANS BELIEVED THAT THE PHARAOH WAS A GOD.

EDUCATION: SCHOOLS TAUGHT WRITING , READING, AND MATH.

EGYPTIANS TAUGHT SPORTS IN SCHOOL.

THEY TAUGHT MORALS AND MANNERS.

CREATIVE EXPRESSION: EGYPTIANS OFTEN MADE ART

THEY ALSO MADE SCULPTURES.

SINCE THEY DID ART WE FOUND OUT WHAT EGYPTIANS LOOK LIKE.

FOOD: TO EGYPTIANS FISH WAS A MAIN MEAL.

THEY ALSO ENJOYED BREAD AND BEER.

HONEY IS A SWEET BUT IS A MEAL FOR EGYPTIANS.

CLOTHING: REGULAR PEOPLE WORE LINEN CLOTHES.

FOR RICH PEOPLE JEWELRY WAS GOLD AND SILVER.

WORKING PEOPLE JEWELRY WAS CLAY AND BONES.

SHELTER: WOOD FOR BUILDING HOUSES WAS SCARCE.

SAND WAS REGULARLY USED AS BUILDING MATERIAL.

STONE WAS USED TO BUILD STRUCTURES.

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