Egypt

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Egypt

• The Gift of the Nile the First United Nation

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Geography of Egypt Activity
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Egypt Video
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Birth of a Nation

• Egyptians lived farmed along Nile in 6000 BC
  organized nearby villages into nomes (districts)
• 3200 BC nomes were united into 2 kingdoms Upper
  Egypt Lower Egypt each with different king

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Lower Egypt Upper Egypt
Nomes of Ancient Egypt (Nile River is only river
in world to flow from south to north. As a
result, southern region of Nile was called Upper
Egypt because elevation was higher than northern
Lower Egypt)
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Lower Egypt
Upper Egypt
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Birth of a Nation

• 3100 BCMenes united Upper Lower Egypt,
  became first pharaoh (king god)
• Built new Egyptian capital at Memphis
• Egypt dynasties would survive 2,800 years

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Egyptian Culture

• Pharaohs were more than kings, they were also
  thought of as equals to gods religious figures
• To honor pharaohs, built pyramids or other tombs
  so pharaoh could live rule
  forever, even after death

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Egyptian Culture

• Egyptian writing was called hieroglyphics

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Hieroglyphics (Type A) Hieroglyphics (Type B)
Greek
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Egypt Quiz

• Egyptian villages were organized into districts
  called ____.

• Who united Upper Lower Egypt?

Menes
Nomes
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Egypt Quiz

• What purpose did pyramids serve?

• Why were pharaohs more powerful than kings in
  Mesopotamia?

Tombs for pharaohs so they could reign in
afterlife
Pharaohs were kings, gods, religious leaders
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Egypt Quiz

• How is Egypt similar to Mesopotamia?

• How is Egypt different from Mesopotamia?