Questions to Ask About a Culture

1. Geography

2. Economics

3. Religion and Philosophy

4. Knowledge, Education, and the Arts

5. Political Science

6. Sociology

7. History

Protection from attacks and enemy

North border is Mediterranean Sea

South border- series of cataracts (large, steep

waterfall)

Divided into Lower and Upper Egypt

Pharaohs were considered gods

Four main gods and a goddess (Ra, Osiris, Isis, Anubis) Believed in the afterlife

Only a few Egyptians could read or write hieroglyphs

Scribes were valued in society and they were the only ones who could

read or write hieroglyphs

Children games; throwing/ playing ball, board game, bows and arrows,

etc.

Pharaoh was supreme ruler

Vizier helped manage country and in charge of almost all areas

of government

Egyptian laws considered more humane than earlier societies

Had approx. 31 ruling dynasties

Girls married at 13 Men made decisions for family Pharaohs; religious leader and head of government Wealthy men; worked outside home Vizier; official chosen by pharaoh

Egyptians believed in life after death Time periods; the old kingdom, Middle kingdom, New kingdom Pharaohs married their sisters, mothers, cousins Egyptians were religious invented written and spoken language

East– traded for wood

Traded by using boats and ships through the Nile River

South– traded for jewelry, plants for perfume, cloth from wild ani-

mals (leopard skin, giraffe, etc.)