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Egyptians

10th grade.

Diego BanegasMarcela Valladares

Liberty School.

Miss Custodio.

Location

Situated in northeast Africa.

Its origins begin in upper Egypt at Abydos & Hierakonpolis.

Spreads towards Memphis & the Mediterranean.

By 3000 b.C. occupied the entire Nile Valley.

Location

Government

Produced the first government to rule an entire

nation.

Pharaoh was the ruler of politics & religion.

Pharaohs were called: -Lord of the two lands -High Priest of every temple

Temples were used as places of worship & also as granaries & treasuries where grains were stored.

Government

Army

Soldiers were armed with arrows & bows,

spears & round topped shields (made from stretched animal skin).

Weapons & armours improved after the adoption of bronze.

In the new kingdom, chariots became a standard part of the army.

Army

Religion

Ra: Sun God Isis: Goddess of Nature & Magic Horus: God of War Osiris: God of Dead Small domestic statues were used by normal

Egyptians. Charms & amulets were worn for protection

against evil.

Religion

Writing & Literature

Hieroglyphics a word, sound or silence

determinative.

Egyptian hieroglyphics can be read in rows or columns in either direction.

Hieratic: used in their daily work.

Hieratic were easier to use.

Writing & Literature

Architecture

Architecture

Architecture

Built some of the most inspiring structures the

world has ever seen: Pyramid of Giza.

The average Egyptian lived in a simple mud, wood or brick abode.

Architecture

Art

Emphasises on a rigid style which unhanged

over the millennia.

Its art became more conservative and rigid.

The iconic Egyptian two dimensional style is found on tombs, temples and statues .

Art

Technology

Mathematics: Developed higher level of mathematical

skills to enable them to build pyramids & temples. Medicine: -Funerary practices which involved

embalming the dead didn’t lead to detailed knowledge of human anatomy.

-Their medicine acquired an excellent reputation in the ancient world. -Opium was used as a pain killer. Ship builders: -In early 3000 b.C. an Egyptian ship

was built (95 ft). -Despite having ships on which to sail, they weren’t renowned as great sailors.

Technology