egypt: the gift of the nile

Partner Discussion Question

• After looking at the three previous maps about Egypt, what guesses could you make about their climate, society, and government?

• Annual Flooding– Kemet (Black Land):

• 3 Seasons determined by the Nile:– Inundation– Receding Waters– Drought

• Governments role• Control Flooding HOW???

•Closer to river–If the land had to be irrigated…

–Taxes

•Pre-Unification:–By 4000 BC Egypt –Lower Egypt –Upper Egypt

•Old Kingdom: –Around 3000 BC Narmer/Menes

–Narmer/Menes capital–Narmer/Menes first Dynasty

Review Question

• What do you call a government in where the government is ruled politically by a religious leader who claims to be either a god or interpreting the will of the gods?

• The Egyptian Monarchy:– Theocracy– Egyptians kings VIEWED AS????

• Government Setup: – Bureaucracy– Vizier WHO WAS THIS???– Provinces and Governors

• King Djoser:

– Step Pyramid

• King Snefru:

– First Pyramid

• King Khufu (Cheops)

– Pyramids at Giza

• King Khafre: – Great Sphinx

Partner Discussion Question

• What is the difference in the way in which the Egyptians used the Pyramids compared to the way in which the Mesopotamians used the Ziggurat?

1. The Old Kingdom was…2. Known as a Golden Age: WHY?

-6 Reasons:

1. Hyksos are from…2. Used their…3. Ruled Egypt for…

Age of Great Pharaohs: Pharaoh:

Hatshepsut: (1480 BC) -Facts:

Queen Hapshepsut’s Temple

AmenhotepAmenhotep1.1. Changes his name Changes his name

to…to…2.2. Why?Why?3.3. Tried to make all of Egypt…Tried to make all of Egypt…4.4. Problems with all the change:Problems with all the change:5.5. New Pharaoh…New Pharaoh…

Ramses II-the GreatRamses II-the Great1.1. Was one of the 1Was one of the 1stst if not if not the 1the 1stst to use… to use…2. Ruled for …2. Ruled for …3. After his death Egypt began to decline. WHY?3. After his death Egypt began to decline. WHY?

1. Upper Class consists of…1. Facts:

2. Middle Class consists of…

1. Facts:

3. Lower class consists of…

1. Facts:

List a similarity and difference between Mesopotamia’s social structure with that of Egypt

Egyptian SocietyEgyptian Society

Status of Status of WomenWomen

Most privileges Most privileges were left to were left to upper/middle upper/middle class class

1. Usually lived in…2. Marriages were…

1. Girls married at…2. Boys married at…

3. Purpose of marriage was…4. Monogamy was the…

Polytheistic

Gods and Goddesses were..

Believed in….

1. Earliest…2. Picture symbols…3. Didn’t use…

1. Used…4. Very few people…5. The meaning of…6. Napoleon's men found the Rosetta Stone in 1799, but…