What we are covering:
- geography
- daily life
- pharaohs
- pyramids
Geography:
- life was centered around the Nile river.
- flows from south to north.
- water was used for drinking, irrigating, and bathing.
- Every July, the Nile floods.
- first people to create a calender from the moon.
- Every October, the flood leaves rich soil.
- The delta is a broad marshy triangular are of fertile silt.
- managing the rive required technological breakthrough in irrigation
Pyramids:
- strange to think that they could have built them.
- used very particular angles
- The most popular pyramid is the great Sphynx of Giza. (A lion with a humans head.)
- It is the oldest monumental statue in the world, built 4500 years ago.
Daily Life:
- A lot of the people were slaves and servants. from there it goes farmers, artisans, merchants, scriber, soldiers, government officials (nobles, priest), Pharaoh.
- slaves and servants helped the wealthy and worked in peoples homes.
- farmers feed everyone. raised wheat, barley etc.
- artisans drew picture, carve statues, showing military battles, every day life, etc.
- money/barter system was used- merchants might accept bags of grain for payment- later coinage came about.
- scribes kept records, told stories, wrote poetry, anatomy and medical treatment, etc. Wrote hieroglyphics and in hieratic.
- soldiers use wooden weapons, bow and arrows with bronze tips and might ride chariots.
- Government known as the "white kilt class"- priests, engineers, physicians. wore white kilts.
- Pharaoh is the religious and political leader. Told the government what to sacrifice. "Lord of two Lands"
- Hatshepsut was a woman who served as the pharaoh.
- Cleopatra VII also served as a pharaoh.
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