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Ancient Egypt World Cultures 7
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What is culture? System of beliefs, knowledge, institutions, customs/traditions, languages and skills shared by a group of people.
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Why do we need culture? We learn about relationships, why we do things the way we do, how we do things, patterns, structures, and how to function as part of a group.
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What does culture do? We develop social institutions ◦ government, ◦ economy, ◦ education, ◦ religion, ◦ family to structure society, influence behavior and respond to human needs.
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Huh? Society tells us: ◦ WHO we are ◦ WHAT we should do ◦ HOW we should do it ◦ WHEN we should do it
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What is the big picture? By learning about culture we understand more about who we are and where we’ve gotten our ideas…
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Ancient Egypt Where is Egypt, anyway?
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Basic Information… Oldest civilizations North Africa Known for: ◦ Papyrus ◦ Hieroglyphics ◦ Sphinx ◦ Pyramids ◦ Valley of the Kings
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Hieroglyphs symbols used for writing
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Hieroglyphs Rosetta Stone ◦ 3 languages Egyptian Hieroglyphs Demotic Greek ◦ reason we can translate ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs ◦ same message as written in all 3 languages
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Hieroglyphs
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Hieroglyphs
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Art Art had a purpose! ◦ Reflect religion immortality of gods/goddesses life after death ◦ Knowledge from the past
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Art painting, sculpture, crafts, and architecture 5000 B.C.E. to around 300 B.C.E.
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Art most of the art came from tombs and monuments ◦ Pyramids tombs ◦ Valley of the Kings tombs
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Art Many of the works depict religious aspects of the Egyptians ◦ gods ◦ goddesses ◦ pharoahs
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Art Clear and simple lines Simple shapes Flat areas of color All 3 created a sense of order and balance in Egyptian art
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