On the Map
3 natural barriers that surrounded Egypt
Deserts, mountains and Mediterranean Sea
The Egyptian kings name.
What is Pharaoh?
True or false
Only rich Egyptians could afford to be mummified.
True
When is the The Old Kingdom?
2700-2200 BC
traded with Egypt
The Kushites
The Lower Egypt was in the north, near the Nile River _____.
Nile River Delta
Smallest king
King Tut (Tuten)
Why did Egyptians make people into mummies?
Egyptians made dead people into MUMMIES because they wanted them to look good in heaven.
When is the The Middle Kingdom?
2055-1650 BC
The two types of writing in Egypt
HIEROGLYPHICS
HIERATIC SCRIPT
What river did the Egyptians build their villages?
Egyptians made villages along the NILE RIVER.
Main food was bread, fish, vegetables and fruits.
How long does it take to make a mummy?
Making a mummy took a long time. (Around 2 months)
He led a government BUREAUCRACY
VIZIER
How are the two types of writing alike?
Both forms are PICTOGRAPH writing.
Where Egypt is located.
Located in the northeast corner of Africa.
The lowest class in the social pyramid
soldiers, farmers, tomb builders.
What's the purpose of the second step of the mummification process?
So the mummy can stay in a human form and not get rotten
Strongest country in the West at The New Kingdom
Egypt
What did the Egyptians give us? (list 4)
•Astronomy
•Restaurants and Pubs
(list 4)
•Board Games
•Libraries
•Makeup
•Pets
•Engineering
List one reason that the Egyptians settle around the Nile River?
Answers are vary:
1. The Nile floods every year and provided fertile soil for crops to grow.
2. Transportation route
3. Was the "lifeline" for Egypt
Where did Egyptians live in?
What are the 8 steps of mummification process?
1. Purify the body
2. Remove the internal organs
3. Discard the brain
4. Leave to dry
5. Stuff the body
6. Wrap in linen
7. Add amulets
8. Say a prayer
True or false?
Women can be a pharaoh in The New Kingdom.
False
(Women could be pharaoh, too!)
Reason for the end of Kush
•They chopped down most of their trees and allowed cows to eat nearly all the grass.
•By 300 AD, Kush was a dry, barren land, and the Kushites eventually disappeared.