1. Warm-up Questions Who united the two kingdoms?
Which is the best way to describe the development of Egyptian culture?
Farming to job specialization to great cities
Slow at first then quick on growth, then slow in decline
Cities shattered into small states

2. Ancient Egypt The Old Kingdom Ancient Civilizations
Mr. Hollingsworth’s World History
Tuesday – September 19, 2017

3. Alabama Course of Study
Analyze characteristics of early civilizations in respect to technology, division of labor, government, calendar, and writings.
Comparing significant features of civilizations that developed in the Tigris-Euphrates, Nile, Indus, and Huang He River valleys.
Identifying on a map locations of cultural hearths of early civilizations.

4. Alabama Course of Study
Compare the development of early world religions, philosophies, and their key tenets.
Identifying cultural contributions of early world religions and philosophies.

5. Today’s Learning Targets
I will use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I will locate geographical features of ancient Egypt on a map.
I will investigate the relationship between the government and religion of the Old Kingdom period.
I will create a cartouche of my Egyptian name using hieroglyphics.

6. Warm-up Questions Who united the two kingdoms?
Menes
Which is the best way to describe the development of Egyptian culture?
Farming – job specialization – great cities
Slow at first, then quick on growth, then slow in decline
Cites shattered into small states

7. Warm-up Questions
Refer to the timeline for the following question: In which dynasty did the nobles gain control?
Old Kingdom Period

8. Reading Check Questions
How was society structured in the Old Kingdom?
Pharaoh at the top, nobles, scribes and craftspeople, and farmers, servants, and slaves below.

9. Reading Check Questions
How did religious beliefs affect Egyptian burial practices?
Believing that the spirit remained linked to the body, Egyptians developed mummification and filled tombs with food and other items the spirit might need in the afterlife.

10. Reading Check Questions
Why were pyramids so important to the people of ancient Egypt?
Because the Egyptians believed that their own afterlife was linked to the eternal life of the pharaoh buried in the pyramid.

11. ing Your Memory
How many miles long is the Nile River?
4000 miles

12. ing Your Memory
In which direction does the Nile River flow downstream?
North

13. ing Your Memory
How wide of a fertile valley did the Nile River create?
13 miles

14. ing Your Memory
What geographic feature surrounds the Nile River Valley to thee east and west?
Deserts – Western Desert and Eastern Desert

15. ing Your Memory What marked the southern border of Upper Egypt?
The First Cataract

16. ing Your Memory
If you were standing at the Great Pyramid of Giza, in which direction would you travel to get to Upper Egypt?
South

17. ing Your Memory
What land feature is located at the mouth of the Nile River?
The Nile River Delta

18. ing Your Memory
How much of Egypt’s farmland is located at the mouth of the Nile?
2/3 of Egypt’s farmland

19. ing Your Memory What geographic feature makes up most of Egypt?
deserts

20. ing Your Memory
How does the flooding of the Nile compare to the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
The Nile flooding is gentle and predictable while the Tigris and Euphrates flooding is dangerous and unpredictable.

21. ing Your Memory What did the Egyptians call the desert regions?
The Red Lands

22. ing Your Memory
How important to the Egyptians was the Nile River flooding the land?
Without the flooding, the Egyptian civilization would never have begun.

23. ing Your Memory
About how many miles apart are the cities of Pe and Thebes?
450 miles

24. ing Your Memory
About how many miles south of the last cataract does the Nile branch into the White and Blue Nile Rivers?
70 miles

25. Egyptian Unification Key questions:
How did the geography of Egypt protect the people?
How did the geography of Egypt protect the people?

26. It helped to prevent invasion because of the swamps in the delta to the north, the cataracts on the Nile to the south, and the Western and Eastern Deserts on the sides.

27. Social Structure of Egypt
Religion
Pharaoh was a god on earth.
Priests helped to run the government and temples
Religion was a part of everyday life for everyone
Common Areas
Leader of Egypt
Helped government
Everyone Participated in Religious Worship
Government
Pharaoh was a king
Nobles helped run the government.
Scribes & Craftpeople produced goods
Farmers, Servants, and Slaves

28. Key Terms Review Strong rapids
cataracts
A triangle-shaped area of land made of soil deposited by a river
delta

29. Key Terms Review Ruler of Egypt (Great House)
pharaoh
A series of rulers from the same family
dynasty

30. Key Terms Review People from rich and powerful families acquire nobles
To get or obtain. To have in your possession.

31. Key Terms Review The life after you die
afterlife
Specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth after embalming
mummies

32. Key Terms Review People of wealth and power Huge stone tombs elite
pyramids

33. Key Terms Review
Application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
engineering
Khufu
Builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza

34. Survey Who was the spiritual leader of Egypt?
The Pharaoh
Who was looked upon as a living god?

36. Today’s Learning Targets
I will use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I will locate geographical features of ancient Egypt on a map.
I will investigate the relationship between the government and religion of the Old Kingdom period.
I will create a cartouche of my Egyptian name using hieroglyphics.