1. 1 November 2016 EQ – How did the geography of Egypt shape the 1st civilization there?
Bellringer: Egypt Time Line Questions - page 82
What year did Menes unite Upper & Lower Egypt?
C BC
How long between Menes uniting Egypt and
Agriculture first developed in Egypt?
c. 1,400 years
How many years between Aksum destroys Meroe &
Ramses the Great dies?
c. 1,587 years
Map of Egypt
Egyptian Rap 
HW: Read Section 4.1

2. How big is it? Egypt: 75 million Cairo = 12 - 16 million
15th most populated in world
Cairo = million
About 4 times more people than in Chicago and living on ½ land size of entire Chicagoland area!
Chicago = 2.8 million
New York = 8 million

3. Downtown Cairo

4. Pyramids of Cairo

14. Page 2 of the Chapter 4 Note Packet
Egypt Map
Page 2 of the Chapter 4 Note Packet

15. The first and second cataracts of the Nile

16. Cause: Each year the Nile flooded due to rainfall far south of Egypt.
So…what then happened because of that flooding?
1. Egyptians could easily predict the floods.
2. The floods left a fresh layer of silt to fertilize the soil = Good farming.

17. Cause: Egypt had many natural barriers that surrounded it.
So…what did that mean for the Egyptians?
1. It was hard to invade.
2. Villages and kingdoms were able to develop.

18. Cause: When Menes united the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt, he took a bride of the other kingdom and combined the crowns.
So…what happened as a result of that?
1. The people of both kingdoms respected his rule.
2. Menes founded the first dynasty.