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Read the following excerpt from the Book of the Dead. Turn to your bellringer page and answer the following questions: After reading this passage, what can you deduce about the afterlife and its importance in Egyptian daily life? Why would someone be listing everything they did not do?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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BELLRINGER Read the following excerpt from the
Book of the Dead. Turn to your bellringer page and answer the following questions:
After reading this passage, what can you deduce about the afterlife and its importance in Egyptian daily life?
Why would someone be listing everything they did not do?
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BELLRINGER – PRE-AP Read the following excerpt from the
Book of the Dead and Song of the Nile. After reading this passage, what can
you deduce about the afterlife and its importance in Egyptian daily life?
Why would someone be listing everything they did not do?
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ANCIENT EGYPT
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OLD KINGDOM: THE “________________”
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THE NILE RIVER Flooded ____________________(July) and
receded in October leaving fertile soil Lived along lower part of Nile early on… Ended along the ___________________:
churning rapids with jagged cliffs and boulders
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LOWER EGYPT AND UPPER EGYPT 3200 BCE Egypt under rule of 2
different kings 3100 BCE _________________ united
Egypt 1st dynasty of 31 that will last 2600 years
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OLD KINGDOM EGYPT Begins with 3rd dynasty around 2660
BCE ________________ were god-kings
Center of religion (______________) Government Military
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“AGE OF PYRAMIDS” Pharaoh had an eternal spirit or ka Resting place after death was a
_________________ More stone than Fertile Crescent
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RELIGION More ____________ than Mesopotamia Ra (god of sun) and Horus (god of light)
most important Over 2000 gods and goddesses Afterlife- heart weighed
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DEATH IN EGYPT All classes planned burials to safely reach Other
World Built tombs Preserved the body through ________________________ Put in coffin in tomb with scrolls, clothes, cosmetics,
food, and jewelry
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CLASS SYSTEM IN EGYPT
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CLASSES AND WOMEN IN EGYPT Social classes were not set in stone Could gain status through
________________ Slaves could gain freedom ________________ could lead to high
positions Women had many similar rights as men
Own or trade property Propose marriage or seek divorce Entitlement to 1/3 of family property in
divorce
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EGYPTIAN WRITING Pictographs quickly developed into
______________which means “sacred carving”
1srt written on stone and clay, but later on ______________- reeds that grew in the marsh
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ACTIVITY: WRITE YOUR OWN HIEROGLYPHICS
Look at the worksheet. Using the information provided, try to decipher the code.
Once you are finished, try creating your own hieroglyphics on a separate sheet of paper.
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN ANCIENT EGYPT
Many inventions served a practical purpose Numbers, addition, and subtraction for
taxes ____________________for boundaries of farms Builders used mathematical calculations
for constructing pyramids and monuments Architects used columns in homes,
palaces, temples ____________to help planting season Medicine, pulse rate, splints, and surgery
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THE DECLINE OF OLD KINGDOM 2180 BCE, power started to decline First Intermediate Period (100 years) __________________2080-1640 BCE
improved trade, transportation, and irrigation
1640 BCE Hyksos “chariot riders” took over for 70 years (Second Intermediate Period)
After that, the New Kingdom rises…
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NEW KINGDOM EGYPT______________________________________________ (1570 BCE- 1075 BCE)
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THE NEW FACE OF THE NEW KINGDOM Now had ____________
weapons and 2 wheeled ___________________
Army included archers, charioteers, and infantry
New crown- a battle helmet
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NEW RULERS OF NEW KINGDOM
_____________________ _______________________ Declared self Pharaoh in
1472 BCE Encouraged trade over
warfare
Stepson of Hatsheput Invaded Palestine, Syria,
and Nubia
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_______________________ 1290- 1224 BCE Lived to 99 years old Considered one of the greatest
pharaohs “The Great Ancestor” Father of 150 children Discovered in 1881, on display
at Cairo Museum
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EGYPT AND THE ____________________ Taking Syria and Palestine
led the Egyptians into conflicts with the Hittites
Met at Battle of ___________ 1285 BCE– ended in standstill
Ramses II and Hittite king made a treaty that lasted the rest of the century
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AGE OF BUILDERS Beautiful palaces, tombs, and temples
were built but hidden from grave robbers
Chose _____________________, near Thebes
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VALLEY OF KINGS
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DECLINE OF THE NEW KINGDOM Attacked by “________________________” Egypt never recovered Broke apart regionally Libyan pharaohs ruled Egypt and
adopted culture After that, the ____________________ took
over and also embraced Egyptian culture.
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KUSHITES (NUBIANS) CONQUER THE NILE Egypt ruled _________ for
1000 years As Egypt declined, took
over as power Nubia was between first
cataract and division of Blue and White Nile
Served as link between _____________ and the Mediterranean
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KERMA Started a little after 2000
BCE 1st ______________ kingdom Buried in chambers larger
than Egyptian princes Prospered during
____________________________________________________
Done by Piankhi in 751 BCE
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KUSH Studied under __________________while
ruled by Egypt Adopted architecture, clothing, and
customs from Egypt Attempted to take over Libyans to help
preserve culture
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____________________________ Royal family moved here for better
protection More rich in resources, better weather Traded along the Red Sea Prospered 250 BCE – 150 CE