Focus Questions Ancient Egypt
Question #1 Black, stone tablet Three languages: Hieroglyphics, Demotic, and Greek Greek allowed Hieroglyphics to be translated
Question #2 Old Kingdom: Pyramids at Giza. Middle Kingdom: Expanded empire, great literature, advanced art. New Kingdom: Ramses II built temples and monuments.
Question #3 Nile flows South to North. Empties into the Mediterranean Sea Egyptians viewed world differently.
Question #4 Nile gave many gifts: water, fertile soil, transportation, stable food supply. No Nile means there would be no Egypt
Question #5 Nile waters flooded crop fields Nile deposited silt (fertile soil) Good soil means large food surplus Egyptians welcomed floods
Question #6 Still rely on the Nile River Still eat same kinds of food Still live in the same kind of mud-brick housing