1. Ancient Egypt

2. Review From Last Class Religion: Polytheistic God of natural things
Gods act like humans but are immortal
Afterlife is like a paradise
Mummies were preserved bodies so a person could be whole in the after life
Pyramids were royal tombs were pharaohs would live in the Afterlife

3. Other Accomplishments
365 Calendar

4. Hieroglyphics Egyptian form of writing based on pictures (pictographs)
Some stood for sounds, others for words

5. Papyrus
Scrolls made from reeds
Equivalent of paper

6. Medicine
Invented surgery

7. Politics

8. Menes Unites Upper & Lower Egypt
C BCE: Pharoh Narmer (aka Menes)
King of Upper Egpyt
Led his armies ___________________ to conquer Lower Egypt
3:35 Menes builds a dam

9. Capitol
Where would you put the capitol if you were Narmer?

10. Palette of Narmer

11. Pharaoh
King
Egyptians believed the pharaoh was the son of Re, the sun god
Carried out rituals
Part of a theocracy

12. Dynasty A line of rulers from the same family
Can you think of any American political dynasties?

13. Old Kingdom Begins c. 2600 BCE
Age when most of the pyramids were built
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2340 BCE Sargon starts an empire in Mesopotamia
c BCE Sumerian city states develop

14. Khufu: Great Pyramid of Giza
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15. Middle Kingdom
c. 1800’s Hammurabi rules Babylon

16. The Hyksos People from Arabian Peninsula
Crossed the desert in chariots
Bronze weapons
Ended the Middle Kingdom & ruled Egypt for about 150 years from BCE

17. New Kingdom
Started when a prince named Ahmose drove out the Hyksos in c BCE
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c. 900 BCE Assyrians take over Mesopotamia
c. 670 BCE Neo-Babylonians

18. Hatshepsut Came to power c. 1473 BCE
Was supposed to help her nephew rule but just made herself pharaoh
Girl Power!
Made Egypt rich through trade along the Red Sea
Used the wealth to build a great tomb in the Valley of the Kings at Deir-el-Bahri
51:21 Hatshepsut

19. Deir el Bahri

20. Amenhotep IV aka Akhenton
C BCE
Amenhotep wanted to stop the priests from getting too powerful so he started his own religion
Based it on worship of one god “Aten”, a manifestation of the sun god Ra
People hated it!!!
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21. Tutankhamen Ruled from c. 1330 BCE Restored old religion
Famous for his tomb with tons of treasure and mummies
1:10:30-1:12-:00

22. Ramses II Ruled from c. 1279 to 1213 BCE Gained land for Egypt
Built many new buildings for Egypt including the temple at Abu Semple
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23. Abu Semple

24. Economic Used the Nile to trade Grew flax, wheat, barley, cotton
Traded cotton linen
Lots of natural resources like precious metals
9:00-10:25 Benefits of the Nile for Trade

25. Social