ANCIENT EGYPT NOTES - Kyrene School District · 2019-10-28 · ANCIENT EGYPT NOTES. GEOGRAPHY Nile River: flows north, 4160 miles long, longest river in the world. Egypt part of Sahara

ANCIENT EGYPT NOTES

GEOGRAPHY✕ Nile River: flows

north, 4160 miles long, longest river in the world.

✕ Egypt part of Sahara Desert.

✕ Silt from Nile makes soil fertile.

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GEOGRAPHY✕ Egyptians use Nile for

irrigation, dams, dikes, water storage.

✕ Upper Egypt: Southern Egypt, up the Nile (which flows north).

✕ Lower Egypt: Northern Egypt, mainly the fertile delta.

RELIGION✕ Polytheism: Belief in gods

in that control nature.✕ Hapi=flood god, Ra=sun

god, Osiris=god of afterlife, Horus=sky god

✕ Used mummification to preserve body for afterlife.

✕ Egyptians believed that kings/pharaohs were living gods that lived forever.

ECONOMY

✕ Egyptians grew grains such as wheat and barley.

✕ Traded with southwestern Asia, eastern Africa, and eastern Mediterranean.

✕ Nile used for transport of resources like grain, papyrus, linen, pottery & gold.

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ECONOMY ✕ Bartered for copper,

ebony, iron, and wood, which builders & artisans used.

✕ Robbers and pirates made trade dangerous.

SOCIAL CLASSES✕ Pharaoh was at top

of society.✕ Farmers and

unskilled workers made up most of Egypt’s population.

✕ Slaves were common and had some rights.

SOCIAL CLASSES ✕ Most Egyptians did not live in cities, but along

river banks.✕ Women were respected and had rights, but

men were more powerful.

GOVERNMENT & LEADERSHIP✕ Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt united in 3100 BC.✕ First ever nation-state (people governed together,

often united by common descent and language).✕ 31 total dynasties.✕ Had three distinct eras: Old Kingdom, Middle

Kingdom, New Kingdom

GOVERNMENT & LEADERSHIP✕ Hyksos takes over Upper

Egypt.✕ Egypt reunites under his

rule.✕ Thutmose III expands

Egypt to its largest size.✕ Ramses the Great makes

Egypt prosperous before its decline.

✕ Empire falls around 1075 BC.

King Thutmose III

ACHIEVEMENTS✕ World’s first

nation-state.✕ Huge pyramids,

temples, monuments still survive.

✕ Detailed records still survive.

ACHIEVEMENTS✕ Advancement of

agriculture.✕ Paper made from

Papyrus.✕ Ships built for trade

along Nile.

ANCIENT EGYPT NOTES - Kyrene School District · 2019-10-28 · ANCIENT EGYPT NOTES. GEOGRAPHY Nile River: flows north, 4160 miles long, longest river in the world. Egypt part of Sahara

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