Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River.
Where is Ancient Egypt Located?
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As you may know, Ancient Egypt is one of the most influential civilizations throughout history, it developed a vast array of diverse structures and great architectural monuments along the Nile
Why is ancient egypt one of the most influential civilizations on arquitecture?
100
Egyptian life was based on religion. Their religion was based on polytheism, they had over 2000 gods.
What was Egyptian religion based on?
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The ancient Egyptian people were grouped in a hierarchical system with the Pharaoh at the top and farmers and slaves at the bottom. The groups of people nearest the top of society were the richest and most powerful.
What do you know about the social classes?
100
It has been shown the Pyramids were aligned towards the pole star, which, because of the precession of the equinoxes, was at that time Thuban, a faint star in the constellation of Draco.
What do pyramids have to do with astronomy?
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The ancient Egyptians thought of Egypt as being divided into two types of land, the 'black land' and the 'red land'.
How is Ancient Egypt divided?
200
Among the largest and most famous of which are the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Great Sphinx of Giza
Which are the most famous architectural projects made by Acient egyptians?
200
Their main gods were Amon-Ra (god of the son and the universe) and Osiris (god of the underworld).
Who were there main gods?
300
The ancient Egyptians thought of Egypt as being divided into two types of land, the 'black land' and the 'red land'.
What is the "Black Land"?
300
Due to the scarcity of wood, the two predominant building materials used in ancient Egypt were mud brick and stone.
What were the two predominant building materials used in ancient Egypt?
300
They believed in the afterlife, meaning rebirth after death.
Did they believed in afterlife?
400
The 'red land' was the barren desert that protected Egypt on two sides. These deserts separated ancient Egypt from neighbouring countries and invading armies.
What is the red land?
400
Is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now El Giza, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact.
What is the great pyramid of Giza?
400
All the details of their religion are written in the “Book of the Dead”.
Where is all the details of their religion written on?
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Agriculture: The river floods makes fertile land for people to farm.
Transportation: With the river people could travel from one place to another.
Trade: from the river the Egyptians made trades with other countries.
What is the importance of the nile river?
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Referred as the Sphinx, is a limestone statue of a reclining or couchant sphinx, which is a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head, that stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile.
What is the Sphinx of Giza?
500
They believed the world started with a dark ocean, and then Amon-Ra appeared and created everything