Life style in Egypt
What makes Manetho so important to historicans?
He kept records
a god like king in Ancient Egypt
Pharoh
How long ago did civilization emerge in Nubia?
5,218 years ago
What goods did Egypt rely on Nubia?
gold, ivory, cattle, and ostrich feathers.
What caused the soil deposits at the Nile delta?
the flowing waters of the Nile Northward.
Who was the first king to wear the double crown?
Menes
form of writing based on pictures
Hieroglyphis
Why do you think no one has been able to decode Merotic
because they don't know the exact ways so they are just baseing of Egypt.
What events led to the decline of Egyptian civilization?
The Nubian Kingdom of Kush
What problems might have been caused by the Nile?
roadblocks for travelers, and floodings.
What types of information did scribes record?
1. how much wheat was harvested
2. taxes farmers owed the goverment
a preserved dead body
Mummy
What is common with Nubia and Egypt?
The Nile River is running through all of them
Why do you think the Nubians and Egyptians borrowed from each other’s culture?
ONE REASON IS: They didn’t have enough things for their own culture and the other cultures had things that they didn’t have that they wanted.
What was the “black land” in Egypt? How did it get its name?
1. The blank land was the land near the Nile where farmers planted seeds.
2. land was very fertile.
Why were pharohs mummified?
They belived the bodies of pharohs needed to be preserved.
The way people use and manage resources
Econmy
Describe the role of women in the kingdom of Kush
What made the Egyptian economy more prosperous?
They traded with people North and South.
Explain the steps the Egyptians used to make paper?
1. make paper are cutting thin strips from the plants stem 2.then press them together 3.finally when it is dried it will produce a smooth surface.
Who built the pyramids? When did they work on the constrution?
1. Farmers
2. when the Nile was flooding
to unite, combine, or bring together
Unitify
What kind of farming tools did the Nubians use?
sturdier tools
WHY??? because the soil was rocky.
What kind of tools did the Egytains use????
wooden digging sticks
What natural occurrence might the Egyptians have believed the god Amon-Ra helped explain?
Rising and setting of the sun.