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“The Gift of the Nile”
“Gift of the Nile” Video
Nile River
Nile River From Space
Nile RiverMost Egyptians lived near the Nile as it provided
water, food, transportation and excellent soil for growing food.
Ancient Egypt could not have existed without the river Nile. Since rainfall is almost non-existent in Egypt, the floods provided the only source of moisture to sustain crops. The floods also left behindValuable “silt” that helped replenishthe fields.
Facts About the Nile RiverLength 4,184 miles
2 Sources Lake Victoria, Uganda (White Nile); Lake Tana, Ethiopia (Blue Nile)
Mouth Mediterranean Sea, off Egypt
Countries Flows Through
Egypt, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi
Name Origin Greek word Nelios, which means "River Valley"
Nile DeltaLocated in northern
Egypt where the Nile River spreads out and empties into the Mediterranean Sea
240 km of coastline, 106 km in length
Rich agricultural region
Most fertile soil in Africa
FloodplainThe low strip of fertile
land located on either side of the Nile River
The river flooded during the annual inundation
When the inundation subsided, it left the earth soaked and overlaid with a fresh layer of black silt.
Most of the farming occurred here
Ancient Egyptians Video
PyramidsPyramids were tombs for the kings.The Egyptians believed that if the
pharaoh's body could be mummified after death the pharaoh would live forever. The tombs were designed to protect the buried Pharaoh's body and his belongings.
HIGH PRIESTS AND PRIESTESSESServed gods and goddesses
PHARAOHEarthly leader; considered a god
NOBLESFought pharaoh’s wars
MERCHANTS, SCRIBES, AND ARTISANSMade furniture, jewelry, and fabrics for
pharaohs and nobles, and provided for other needs
PEASANT FARMERS AND SLAVESWorked in the fields and served the pharaoh
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Egyptian Gifts’: HieroglyphicsHieroglyphics is the picture writing used
in ancient Egypt. The word hieroglyphics is made up of two Greek words - hieros, which means sacred, and glyph, which means carving.
The Egyptian hieroglyphic writing system consists of several hundred picture signs. The signs can be divided into two classes, phonograms and ideograms
Phonograms represent sounds, much as alphabet letters do. Ideograms are signs that represent whole words or concepts.
Egyptian Gifts’: Paper
Making paper from papyrus
Religion: PolytheisticBelief that many
gods and goddesses ruled the world and the afterlife Amon-Re: sun god Osiris: god of the underworld and of the Nile
The pharaoh was believed to be a god as well as a ruler
Falcon Headed Sun God
Comparing Modern Americans and
Ancient EgyptiansVENN Diagram
Modern Americans Ancient Egyptians
Comparing Modern Americans and Ancient Egyptians
VENN Diagram