1. SPEC

2. Social Having to do with people in groups; living together Keywords in text: Living together Economic status Ethnicity Social occupation Jobs Roles and responsibilities

3. Political Having to do with gaining, seeking, and organizing power; events related to the function of government Keywords in text: Making laws Enforcing and interpreting laws Law Government Power Ruler/Pharaoh/King/Queen Battles Conquering War

4. Economic Having to do with how people meet their basic material needs. Keywords in text: The production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Trade Monetary policies Taxes Trade Routes Trade goods Money Wealth

5. Cultural Having to do with technology, arts, and institutions of a given group of people Keywords in the text: Family Life Achievements Religion Art Architecture Education Clothing Food

6. The Old Kingdom pgs. 90-95 Each group will get one SPEC topic to focus on. Work in your group to summarize the Social, Political, Economic, or Cultural characteristic of the kingdom. Use the keywords to help you. FIll in the chart for the characteristic you were assigned.

7. The Middle/New Kingdom pgs. 96-100 Each group will get one SPEC topic to focus on. Work in your group to summarize the Social, Political, Economic, or Cultural characteristic of the kingdom. Use the keywords to help you. FIll in the chart for the characteristic you were assigned.

8. The Old Kingdom SocialPoliticalEconomicCultural Social Pyramid: 1.Pharaoh 2.Nobles 3.Scribes and Craftspeople 4.Farmers, slaves, and servants. ●Theocracy: rule by pharaoh who was religious and political leader. Pharaoh had absolute power. ●Came to earth to manage Egypt for the gods. ●Menes and Khufu Trade: ●Nubia: gold, ivory, slaves, and stone. ●Punt: myrrh ●Syria: Wood ●Mummies ●Belief in the afterlife ●Polytheistic ●Built temples to gods ●Pyramids are burial sites for pharaohs.

9. The Middle/New Kingdom SocialPoliticalEconomicCultural Social Pyramid: 1.Pharaoh 2.Scribes 3.Artisans/ Artists/ Architects/ Soldiers 1.Farmers and Slaves ●Theocracy: rule by pharaoh who was religious and political leader. Pharaoh had absolute power. ●Came to earth to manage Egypt for the gods. ●Mentuhotep II, Ahmose, Ramses the Great. Queen Hatshepsut, Amenhotep IV, King Tut, Thutmose ●Battle with Hyksos ●Conquered Syria ●Took entire eastern shore of the Mediterranean ●Defeated Kush ●Peace treaties with Hittites ●Defeated Tehenu ●Defeated Sea People ●Conquered by Kush after Ramses the Great ●Trade expanded ●Sinai Peninsula had turquoise and copper ●Traded with Punt, Asia Minor, Greeks, Phoenicians ●Lived in their own homes ●Men were expected to marry young ●Women were devoted to their homes and families ●Women had rights like own property, have contracts, and divorce their husbands ●Children played with toys, ballgames, and hunted. ●Education ●Hieroglyphics ●Papyrus ●Rosetta Stone ●Temples ●Tombs ●Art