Start Cornell Notes on page 72 in composition notebook Topic: Cities of Ancient Egypt and The Nile River Essential Question: Why was the Nile River important.

Start Cornell Notes on page 72 in composition notebook

• Topic: Cities of Ancient Egypt and The Nile River

• Essential Question: Why was the Nile River important to the ancient Egyptians?

Questions: Notes:

Cities of Ancient Egypt and The Nile River

• What other civilization that we have studied is on the map?

• Notice that Upper Egypt is south of Lower Egypt. Why do you think that is?

The direction of the flow!• The Nile is the longest

River in the world (4,000 miles)– That is farther then the

width of the U.S.• It flows NORTH! – Why? Water runs down

hill and the Nile is going down the hills of Africa from the mountains of Ethiopia.

Where does it start? (Page 102)

Where does it end?

The Mediterranean Sea

Nile Delta and Cataract’s• Delta is a fan shaped area of silt (what makes the soil

rich or fertile) where the river splits into tributaries (branches) near where a river flows into the sea.

• Cataract is a waterfall or rapids in a river– The Nile has 4 major cataract’s

Color:

• Circle Upper and Lower Egypt RED

• Circle the 4 cataract’s ORANGE

Flooding• Predictable• Occurs the middle of

summer• Not devastating • Deposits silt creating fertile

land for farming

Shadoof• When the water receded, dug

out basins stored water to be used for irrigation

The shadoof is a bucket on a long poll that lifts water.

It helped to transfer the water that was stored and water from the Nile, into canals for irrigation

Papyrus vs. paper• Papyrus: A reed plant that grew along the Nile. Cut the reeds and weave

Color: • Fertile area

GREEN• Sea’s BLUE• Land Desert

colored

Color: • Fertile area GREEN• Sea BLUE• Pyramids PURPLE• Circle Upper and Lower

Egypt RED• Circle the cataract’s

ORAGNE

Read the paragraphs and answer the questions.

#7 has a misprint- it should read 20N and 30 1/5 E

Cities of Ancient Egypt Key

1. Thebes and Memphis2. Aswan3. Memphis- it is the capital city of Lower Egypt4. Sais- eastern side and Naukratis- western side5. Hierakonpolis6. Hermopolis and Amarna7. The 3rd cataract

5. Hierakonpolis6. Hermopolis and Amarna7. The 3rd cataract8. South of Upper Egypt. 32 ½ E and 23 N- About 50 kl wide.9. Lower Egypt, the Delta Nile. About 200 mi. 10. About 400 mi.