Ancient Egypt

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Ancient Egypt

• How do we know it was a civilization?

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They had advanced cities.

• Cities developed along the Nile River (longest
  river in the world).
• The Nile River helped to unify Egypts cities and
  promote trade.
• Each city had its own rituals, gods, and ruler.

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Egypt
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Think About This

• Would you care if someone hundreds of years of
  now excavated your grave in the name of
  science/history?
• What if the person was an archeologist?
• What if it was the grave of a deceased family
  member?
• What about a President?
• What if you knew it would be used for
  educational, technological, or medical advances?

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They had complex institutions

• Government
• To the Egyptians, kings were gods and
  called pharaohs
• Theocracy rule is based on religious
  authority
• Religion
• Egyptians believed in many gods/goddesses
  (polytheism)
• Egyptians built pyramids as tombs
• Egyptians believed in the afterlife
  (Other World)
• Mummification was used to
  preserve the bodies

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Mummification Tomb Building
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They had specialized workers

• King, queen, royal family
• Wealthy landowners, government officials,
  priests, army commanders (upper class)
• Merchants, artisans (middle class)
• Farmers, laborers (lower class)

• Slaves became a widespread source of labor in the
  later periods of Egyptian history
• Women held many of the same rights as men

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They had record-keeping

• Hieroglyphics writing system means sacred
  carving
• Egyptians invented a better writing surface
  papyrus reeds

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They had advanced technology

• Developed a calendar (to keep track of seasons
  and floods)
• Developed written numbers for counting, adding,
  and subtracting (for tax collection)
• Used geometry
• Made advances in medicine
• Created examples of remarkable
  architecture (pyramids, palaces)

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Sois ancient Egypt considered a civilization?
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Word Splash

• Use all of the following words to try to make one
  coherent sentence.
• Post
• Technical
• Guard
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Word Splash Egypt

• Use all of the following words to make one
  coherent sentence.
• Pharaoh
• Polytheism
• Hieroglyphics
• Nile River
• Papyrus