1. 11/20/12 BR- What was the “gift” of the Nile? -get our your cornell reading notes from yesterday Today: Pyramids Over Time Make sure to hand in your Mesopotamia chart!

2. KWL - Egypt What do you know about it? What do you want to know? What have you learned?

3. Homework Read 35-41 Complete Questions 1-8 on page 41. Title: Pyramids on the Nile Pg 41 Copy the questions into the left column and answer them on the right. Write a brief summary of why Egypt would be classified as an advanced civilization.

5. Geography Movement The Nile flows north from its source in Lake Victoria to its mouth in the Mediterranean Sea which forms a delta. Upper and Lower Egypt (This is tricky!) River flow

6. Advanced Cities Thebes – center of artifacts Temple of Luxor Valley of Kings Valley of Queens Necropolis Giza – Sphinx & Great Pyraminds

7. Complex Institutions Pharaoh Dynasty Theocracy polytheism Egyptian gods Amun-Ra Osiris pyramids mummification

8. Record Keeping & Writing Pictograms Hieroglyphics Papyrus Rosetta Stone

9. Advanced Technology Pyramid Calendar Forensics Water clock Sun dial Bronze work medicine

10. Specialized Workers?