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Ancient EgyptChallenge University Archeology DepartmentPresented by: Jackson Bateman

1GeographyThere are no snowy mountains in Egypt.They get water from the Nile River.Egypt is a hot place.Egypt has some countries around it like, Sudan, Libya and Israel.

The Mediterranean Sea is to the North.The Red Sea is to the East.

2Government

Type of government was a monarchy

Egyptian people were the ones who owned nothing, the pharaohs owned everything and they were in charge of everything

This diagram shows that pharaohs ruled the people in the hierarchy

Lots of Egyptians had to help pharaohs build their tombs

3Commerce & TradeThese are things the Egyptians have traded.EXPORTED dried fish, gold, wheat, papyrusIMPORTED cattle, silver, ivory, woodCOMMERCE They did not have money, but they had things called debens

4HistoryWars, Ancient Egyptians fought with Libyans (to the west), Nubians (from the south) and sometimes they invaded their neighbors (the Levant). They used spears in battle and used wooden shields.Leaders, Egypt had important leaders like, Cleopatra, Tutankhamen and Ramses.

5Unanswered QuestionsHow did Cleopatra die?Where are all of the treasures stolen from the Pharaohs tomb?Who are the robbers in Egypt that stole stuff?How did Tutankhamen get his bone infection?What games did they play?Why did they worry so much about the afterlife?

6Fun factsEgyptians believed that gold was the skin of their gods.King Tutankhamen was 19 when he died.The Nile River is 6,695 km long. The longest river in the world.Egypt had many gods and goddesses. Even a god who had a head of a cat and body of a woman. Her name was Bastet.Egypt had an invisible god named Ra.

7resources I only have a few websites I used they are good websites, Kidipede.com, and Tour Egypt.net, Well this is the end of my presentation.