The Nile River
This material is left behind when the Nile River's floods recede each year.
What is silt?
This is the reason why ancient Egyptians were able to trade for the things that they wanted.
What is advanced irrigation / crop and food surplus?
Farmers worked on these during their offseason.
What are construction projects?
Papyrus grew bountifully in this location.
Where is the banks of the Nile River?
The god of justice determined if a person would have a good afterlife by doing this.
What is weighing their heart against a feather?
This occurs when the Nile River does not flood on a given year.
What is a drought?
Because of their surplus of crops, Egyptians were able to trade for riches such as these four.
Government officials were responsible for these things.
What are tax collecting, running the banks, running the military, and overseeing lower class jobs?
Papyrus was used to make these goods.
What are ropes, sandals, and paper?
The Nile River provided Eygptians with quick access to this way to connect with other civilizations.
What are trade routes?
What is weighing them on a scale against debens?
Egyptians believed the pharaoh did this.
What is maintain a positive relationship with the gods?
What is store and transport written records?
Historians have learned a great deal about Egyptian daily life from this pharaoh's tomb.
Who is King Tut?
The growth of this plant along the Nile's banks helped Egypt become a rich and thriving civilization.
What is papyrus?
This innovation helped make trade more fair not just in Egypt, but in other civilizations as well.
What is the standardization of weights and measures?
These people were on the very bottom of the social pyramid.
Who are enslaved people?
These kinds of information were written on papyrus.
What are historical records, political records, and records of trade?
This is the name of the Egyptian god of justice.
Who is Maat?
These three benefits of the Nile River helped Egypt to grow and thrive.
What are water source, access to trade, and fertile soil?
Trade routes through and out of Egypt originally began because of this.
What is pharaohs exchanging gifts with other leaders?
These people made and traded goods and crafts which helped contribute to the Egyptian economy.
Who are merchants and craftsmen?
The invention of papyrus paper was beneficial for all ancient civilizations in this way.
This mythical pharaoh was responsible for uniting Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who is Menes?