1. Ancient Egypt

2. Lesson #6-Ancient Egypt
Objective(s): Discuss and analyze the rise and fall of ancient Egypt. Explain the importance of geography to a culture and its economy.
Agenda: Bellwork, Egypt Notes, Closure, Cartouche
Bellwork: Answer the following questions (look for lesson #6 in google classroom).
How does your/our culture honor the ancestors that came before you? What are the traditions associated with paying homage to the deceased?

3. Ancient Egypt 5000 BCE-350 CE Nile River Valley Climate
Isolated and protected(deserts, cataracts, marshes)
Flood control
Papyrus
Hieroglyphics

4. Ancient Egypt Unification of small kingdoms through trade
Narmer-3100 BCE-marks Egyptian Empire
22 dynasties from BCE
Old Kingdom (Memphis), Middle Kingdom (Thebes), New Kingdom
Pharaoh
Religion and life (Re, Hapi, Osiris, Isis, Thoth, Horus, Anubis)
Mummification; canopic jars; sarcophagus; pyramids
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365 day calendar, 12 months, 3 seasons
Re-sun
Hapi-river
Osirus-dead
Isis-earth/dead
Thoth-wisdom and magic
Horus-protector of the pharaoh
Anubis-mummification and afterlife

5. Ancient Egypt 5 million in valley and delta Social structure
Mudbrick and wood
Agrarian
Patriarchal
Women and legal status

6. Ancient Egypt Valley of the Kings Hyksos Hatshepsut
New Kingdom ( BCE)-height of empire and expansion of trade and territory (Nubia)
Amenhotep IV(1370)Akhetaton; Aton/monotheism; weakened empire
Tutankhamen
Ramses II ( BCE); Temple at Karnak
Decline

7. Closure Complete Lesson #6 Closure in google classroom
How did geography as well as forces of life and death shape daily life in ancient Egypt?