Egypt Geography
What is Egypt protected by land wise on the East and West?
Egyptians were polytheistic. What does that mean?
They had many deities
What architectural and land achievements did the Egyptians make?
Pyramids and columns, surveying of land
Who ruled Egypt and what did they believe he was
Pharaoh; they believed he was a God.
What did Ancient Egypt grow?
Who was at the top of the Egyptian Social Structure?
Pharaoh and Priests
What river is the longest river in the world that flows?
the Nile
What did Egyptians believe the Pharaoh was?
A god on Earth, Son of Ra
What Irrigation achievements did the Egyptians make?
Basins, canals, dikes, damns, shadoors
How is power transferred when a government is ruled by a dynasty?
Power is passed form father to son to grandson.
What did Egyptians trade and trade for?
Egyptians traded the excess of what they grew (barley, wheat and flax) for timber and metal
What shape does the social structure of Egypt make?
A triangle with the powerful people being very few at the top and the bottom being farmers and unskilled worker and making up most of the Egyptians.
What was the climate of Egypt?
Dry climate only farmland was by the Nile
What god was Osiris?
god of the afterlife.
What achievements did they make in language and paper?
hieroglyphics and papyrus.
Who united Egypt, and how did he do this?
Narmer united Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt by conquering lower Egypt and marrying one of its princesses.
Who did Ancient Egypt trade with?
Who was at the bottom of the social structure of Egypt?
Slaves and servants.
What direction does the Nile River flow?
North
What did the Egyptians believe in after death?
That you went to the afterlife and you needed to bring everything you needed with you.
What medical advancements did Egyptians make?
Why was a unified and stable government important to the development of ancient Egypt?
The government oversaw the construction of irrigation ditches and dams and developed mans for storing grain and distributing food in times of famine. It also settled conflicts over land ownership.
How did artisans contribute to the economy?
They made and sold jewelry, cloth, pottery, and metal goods.
Who was in the middle of the social structure of Egypt?
Merchants, Traders and artisans?