1. World History Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Get out pen/pencil and paper AND Marazano vocabulary sheet
Add “Mandate of Heaven, Daoism, Dynasty” to it!
Notes: Ancient Egypt
Work time: Lost in Translation Activity (due tomorrow) and Ch2 Questions
Tomorrow: Eastern Religions and Ch3 Q’s
Reminders: Ch2 questions-due this Friday; Chapter 2 Test will be Thursday, September 24.

2. TEKS WARM-UP
Egyptians believed that humans had two bodies, a physical one and a spiritual one, called ka.

3. ANCIENT EGYPT

4. The geography of Egypt
NILE RIVER-Longest river in the world, flows south to north, yearly flooding fertilizes the soil so people can farm wheat and barley
DESERTS OF EGYPT-Sahara, natural barriers. Good- very few invasions. Bad- must stay near Nile

5. RELIGION Polytheism More than 2,000 gods and goddesses Afterlife Ma’at
Osiris

6. Working hard for the money…
Taxes
Peasants
Punishments

7. KINGDOMS Old Kingdom – Pharaohs (ca 3200 BC-1070 BC)
(31 dynasties over 2600 years)
Middle Kingdom – restored power
New Kingdom – warrior kings
Late Period – Persian control

8. Egypt wasn’t the only one with Persian problems…

10. AKHENATON Leader of New ideas Religion
‘Heretic’ Pharaoh
Leader of New ideas
Religion
Worshiped one God Aton, the sun God

11. QUEEN NEFERTITI She was true worshiper of Aton Disappeared
Akhenaton took on new Queen
Son Tutankaman(?)

12. KING TUTANKAMUN Took over at age 8 or 9 Wed half sister Ankhesenamun
Restored religious beliefs in many Gods
Mysterious death at age 18 or 19

13. KING TUT’S TOMB
Found 1920s by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvan-fully preserved
Lord Carnarvan died shortly after
Many workers died from poisonous bacteria from walls of the tomb

14. Questions?