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ANCIENT EGYPT NOTES
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GEOGRAPHY
Nile River: flows
north, 4160 miles
long, longest river
in the world.
Egypt part of
Sahara Desert.
Silt from Nile
makes soil fertile.
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GEOGRAPHY CONTINUED
Egyptians use Nile for
irrigation, dams, dikes,
water storage.
Upper Egypt: Southern
Egypt, up the Nile
(which flows north).
Lower Egypt: Northern
Egypt, mainly the fertile
delta.
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ECONOMY
Egyptians grew grains such as wheat and barley.
Traded with southwestern Asia, eastern Africa, and eastern Mediterranean.
Nile used for transport of resources like grain, papyrus, linen, pottery & gold.
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ECONOMY CONTINUED
Bartered for copper, ebony, iron, and wood, which builders & artisans used.
Robbers and pirates made trade dangerous.
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ACHIEVEMENTS
World’s first nation-
state.
Huge pyramids,
temples, monuments
still survive.
Detailed records still
survive.
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ACHIEVEMENTS CONTINUED
Advancement of
agriculture.
Paper made from
Papyrus.
Ships built for trade
along Nile.
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SOCIAL CLASSES
Pharaoh was at top
of society.
Farmers and
unskilled workers
made up most of
Egypt’s population.
Slaves were
common and had
some rights.
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SOCIAL CLASSES CONTINUED
Most Egyptians did not live in cities, but
along river banks.
Women were respected and had rights, but
men were more powerful.
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GOVERNMENT & LEADERSHIP
Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt united in 3100 BC.
First ever nation-state (people governed together, often united by common descent and language).
31 total dynasties.
Had three distinct eras: Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom
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GOVERNMENT & LEADERSHIP CONTINUED
Hyksos takes over Upper Egypt.
Egypt reunites under his rule.
Thutmose III expands Egypt to its largest size.
Ramses the Great makes Egypt prosperous
before its decline.
Empire falls around 1075 BC.
King Thutmose III
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RELIGION
Polytheism: Belief in gods in that control nature.
Hapi=flood god, Ra=sun god, Osiris=god of afterlife, Horus=sky god
Used mummification to preserve body for afterlife.
Egyptians believed that kings/pharaohs were living gods that lived forever.