Ancient Egypt was a RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATION because they depended upon this:
THE LONGEST RIVER IN THE WORLD
THE NILE RIVER
This grows along the nile and was used to make many items in Ancient Egypt.
PAPYRUS REED PLANT
This form of Government has ONE SINGLE RULER for everyone in Ancient Egypt...
MONARCHY
The Ancient Egyptians invented this type of material to write on.
PAPYRUS PAPER
There were basically 3 classes or levels of people in Ancient Egypt. What were the 3 classes?
UPPER CLASS
MIDDLE CLASS
LOWER CLASS
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Based on status, The Pharaoh would probably be more likely to give land to one of these 3 people:
NOBLES
PREISTS
GOVERMENT OFFICIALS
The Most Fertile Land for growing crops in Northern Egypt -where the river empties into the Mediterranean Sea. - it's where MOST of the people live
The NILE DELTA
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These were just some of the things you could make and do with the PAPYRUS REED PLANT.
Make Boats, Sandals, Paper, Burn it as fuel, Eat it
This God-King RULED the Ancient Egyptians and had the Highest Status!
PHAROAH
This was the Writing System in Ancient Egypt and was made up of about 800 picture symbols for scribes to communicate, record, and document events.
HIEROGLYPHICS
The Ancient Egyptians could not MOVE up and down the SOCIAL PYRAMID in Ancient Egypt because they did not have this ________________as we do today.
MOBILITY
Recording and documenting information and events was the job of these trained people.
SCRIBES
The Nile River flows in this direction
NORTH
These enormous structures for the deceased Pharaohs were built using Geometry, Math, The Arts and other Technologies.
The PYRAMIDS
After Egypt was UNIFIED- They had the SAME Government for EVERYONE --NOT DECENTRALIZED City-States like in Mesopotamia
CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT
This Artifact was found in the town of Rosetta in the Nile Delta in 1799 C.E. It helped to Decipher/Decode Hieroglyphics
THE ROSETTA STONE
The Pharaoh had the most of this because he had the most importance or highest position in Ancient Egypt society...
STATUS
These skilled people built many items with their hands and tools.
CRAFTSMEN
The Egyptians were able to keep a stable food supply because they controlled the river and delivered fresh water to their crops using this technology and it's 3 main parts...
Irrigation System:
LEVEES, CANALS, GATED DITCHES
The Ancient Egyptians helped to advance medicine and science of the human body because of this Religious process
Mummification
These people assisted the Pharaoh and helped run the government of Ancient Egypt.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
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These 3 languages were inscribed on the Artifact found in the town of Rosetta known as the Rosetta Stone.
HIEROGLYPHICS
DEMOTIC
GREEK
Even though they had the least amount of Status in Ancient Egyptian society, they were still important to society.
SLAVES
These Upper Class people mummified the Pharaoh and conducted religious ceremonies in Ancient Egypt.
PRIESTS
This Land feature provided protection to the Ancient Egyptians on BOTH sides of the Nile river.
The Eastern and Western Deserts
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The Ancient Egyptians used this "ART OF DESIGN" to plan the construction of the Pyramids.
ARCHITECTURE
They protected ALL Ancient Egyptians not just the Pharaoh.
Military / Army / SOLDIERS
The word we use when we "figure out" or "translate" a language such as Hieroglyphics. It begins with a "D"!
DECIPHERED / DECODED
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These people had the job of trading and exchanging goods and services for things people needed and wanted.
MERCHANTS
These people were responsible for growing crops and domesticating animals for food in Ancient Eypt.
Farmers