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Title: Egyptian Civilization 2


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Egyptian Civilization 2
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Social Class
  • The social class system when in order like this
    Pharaoh, high priests, nobles, merchants, peasant
    farmers, and slaves.
  • - Most Egyptians were peasant farmers. Many
    were slaves.

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Men
  • Men were in charge of working the fields and
    repairing equipment.
  • Women were in charge of working the fields,
    taking care of kids, and preparing food.

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Women
  • - Women in Egypt had much more freedom then
    women in the rest of the world at this time.
    They were not just confined to their fields and
    homes.

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Writing
  • Hieroglyphics - a form of picture writing
    developed by Egyptians
  • - Papyrus a plant that grows along the banks
    of the Nile that was used as writing material.

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Rosetta Stone
  • - Rosetta Stone a flat black stone that had
    the same message carved in three different forms
    (hieroglyphics, demotic, and Greek)

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Rosetta Stone
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Advancements
  • Egyptian doctors performed surgeries, diagnosed
    illnesses, and found cures.
  • - Developed a calendar system based on mapping
    the stars and charting the movement of planets.
    This is the basis of our modern day calendar.

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Advancements
  • Egyptian engineers used geometry to locate the
    blocks for the pyramids and locate fields before
    the floods of the Nile.
  • - Wall paintings in tombs and carvings on
    temples were important art work we have learned
    from.
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