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Egypt Egypt The ancient Egyptians were one of the most The ancient Egyptians were one of the most successful, advanced, and monumental early successful, advanced, and monumental early river valley civilizations known to us today. river valley civilizations known to us today. Their achievements and revolutionary idea’s Their achievements and revolutionary idea’s and concepts, from the pyramids, to the and concepts, from the pyramids, to the uniting of the lower and upper kingdom, paved uniting of the lower and upper kingdom, paved the way for future civilizations to come. the way for future civilizations to come.

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Page 1: Egypt Dana Eisman

EgyptEgypt

The ancient Egyptians were one of the most successful, The ancient Egyptians were one of the most successful, advanced, and monumental early river valley civilizations advanced, and monumental early river valley civilizations known to us today. Their achievements and revolutionary known to us today. Their achievements and revolutionary

idea’s and concepts, from the pyramids, to the uniting of the idea’s and concepts, from the pyramids, to the uniting of the lower and upper kingdom, paved the way for future lower and upper kingdom, paved the way for future

civilizations to come.civilizations to come.

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Culture and inventionsCulture and inventions• Egyptians invited many things to make there society better. They

had many pharaohs that helped them build a successful empire. But worked them extra hard. Egyptians invited many things. One of the things they invented was hieroglyphics. Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia used pictures to stand for a idea like a a picture of a man would stand for a man. Egyptians created a better way for written language. For example the Egyptians took something and made it into a sound. A dog would have the sound a a b for example. This way the Egyptians could have there own alphabet. Instead of writing on clay like they did in ancient Mesopotamia they invited a paper called the papyrus. The papyruses were tall stalks that are in the Nile. The Egyptians split open the reeds, they then put water on them so they will become damped and then they stick them together so it will act as paper. Egyptians also invented the calendar.

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Mummification and religionMummification and religion• Egyptians were polytheistic this means they believed in more then

one god. There main gods is Ra which is god of the sun and hours the sky god. As well as Isis she was the god that represented mother and wife. There were more then 2,000 gods. . Egyptians believed in afterlife, they believed that your deeds will depend on how you live your afterlife. Osirus the god of the dead would weigh each person’s heart. If it was as light as a feather the person would live a happy eternal life in another life. If the heart was heavy with a sin then a beast would come and eat the person’s soul. Egyptians mummified there bodies in order to preserve the bodies. The Egyptians took all the internal organs out and put them in a jar. When the put the mummy in the tomb, they put jewelry and scrolls in the tomb with them. They did this because they want these valuable items with them in the afterlife. All people of different classes panned to be mummified, so they could reach the afterlife.

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Egyptian societyEgyptian society

• The Egyptian society was pyramid of social classes. At the top were the kings, queens, and royal family; next was other member of the wealthy class such as priest’s army leaders, government people and land owners. Next were the middle class followed by the lower class which was farmers and unskilled workers. Slavery became a big part of Egypt’s usually slaves were captured from defeated battles from foreign places. You did not have to stay in your social class your whole life , if you got married to a wealthy person or got better skills and got a higher working job , you were then in a higher position in society.

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Pyramids Pyramids

•Slide 4: Pyramids: Egyptians had kings also known as pharaohs. Egyptians believed that the pharaohs would continue to rule even after death. For kings there tombs were more important then there palaces. They believed they had the eternal spirit called Ka. The resting place after death was called a pyramid Egyptians used limestone and granite for there pyramids. The pyramid includes the king’s chamber, the air shaft, grand gallery, queens chamber, ascending passage, and the escape passage.

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Menes Menes • 2nd:

Menes was the first pharaoh of the 1st Dynasty in Egypt. He ruled some time between 3100-2850 B.C during the Protodynastic era of Egypt's history. This time period was characterized by firm political structure of the land which was unified by the pharaoh. Menes was credited with unifying Upper and Lower Egypt into a single kingdom. He may have accomplished this with military force and/or by peaceful means such as marriages or administrative measures. Besides unifying Egypt, Menes also founded the city of Crocodopolis where he built the first temple to Ptah (Menes), and also the city of Memphis, which he made his capitol. This location was most likely chosen because it would make it easier to protect the city from invading armies, and also because it would allow the pharaoh to control the river delta and trade routes to Sinai and Canaan.

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Imhotep Imhotep • 3rd:

Imhotep lived during the Old Kingdom and was born a commoner during the third dynasty. He was very skilled and was dedicated to the ideals of his nation. Imhotep was a poet, an architect and physician-priest. He wrote many medical and didactic texts. He is best known, however, as the chief architect of the step pyramid at Saqqara. It remains today as one of the most brilliant architecture wonders of the ancient world.Hatshepsut was the Queen of Egypt during the XYIIIth Dynasty. She was the daughter of Thutmost II. She married Thutmost II when she ascended to the throne in 1512 B.C.E., she became the real ruler. When he died in 1503, she acted as regent for his son, Thutmose III, then had herself crowned as Pharaoh. Maintaining the fiction that she was a male, she was represented with the regular pharaonic attributes, including a beard.

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Hatshepsut Hatshepsut

• Hatshepsut was the Queen of Egypt during the XYIIIth Dynasty. She was the daughter of Thutmost II. She married Thutmost II when she ascended to the throne in 1512 B.C.E., she became the real ruler. When he died in 1503, she acted as regent for his son, Thutmose III, then had herself crowned as Pharaoh. Maintaining the fiction that she was a male, she was represented with the regular pharaonic attributes, including a beard.