RISE OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS - EGYPT

FIRST, A MAP – P. 46

Label:

•Nile River•Upper Egypt•Lower Egypt•Nile Delta•Great Pyramids/Sphinx

GEOGRAPHY

Nile flooded regularly – made it easier for growing foods and advancing civilizations.

DYNASTY

Family of rulers whose right to rule is passed down.

On the right: Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms – 3

major periods of Egyptian History

PHARAOH

Egyptian Monarch (What’s a monarch?)

Built pyramids for burial – Largest built under Khufu in 2540 BC.

GOVERNMENT/SOCIETY

Egypt had a Theocracy/Bureaucracy

MUMMIFICATION

Way to preserve the dead.

Mummies placed in sarcophagus – emphasis on afterlife

HIEROGLYPHICS

Egyptian style of writing

Egyptians = Hieroglyphs --- Sumerians = Cuneiform

HATSHEPSUT

Female pharaoh that tried to look and act like a man.

Why would she do this?

Men believed to have more power in society

TUTANKHAMEN (KING TUT)

Boy king who restored the old gods

Focus on religion

OSIRIS AND ISIS

Story of the gods

Osiris represents rebirth in society and life.

What geographic feature of Egypt may have contributed to this belief in rebirth?

ADDITIONAL

Economy = farming and trade

On what river was the Egyptian Civilization founded?

2 Rivers of Mesopotamia?

Intellectual – Accurate 365 day calendar using the moon and the star Sirius.