1. Ancient Egypt World Studies

2. Geography Relative Location Northeast Africa Along the Nile River South of the Mediterranean Sea and east of the Red Sea

3. Geography Movement The Nile flows north from its source in Lake Victoria to its mouth in the Mediterranean Sea which forms a delta. Upper and Lower Egypt –(This is tricky!) River flow

4. Advanced Cities Memphis – capital of United Egypt Thebes – center of artifacts –Temple of Luxor –Valley of Kings –Temple of Ramses Giza – Sphinx & Great Pyraminds

5. Specialized Workers Slaves Masons

6. Complex Institutions Pharaoh Dynasty Theocracy polytheism Egyptian gods –Amun-Ra –Osiris pyramids mummification

7. Record Keeping & Writing Pictogram Hieroglyphics Papyrus Rosetta Stone

8. Advanced Technology Pyramid Calendar Forensics Water clock Sun dial Bronze work medicine

9. Old Kingdom Upper and Lower Egypt united in 3200 BC Pharaoh- King of Egypt- seen as a God Pyramids- tombs for Pharaoh Mummification- embalming corpse to prevent decay Nile river floods and deposits a rich layer of silt During flood farmers worked on pyramids and other projects

10. Anubis- God of embalming and the Dead

11. Old Kingdom Old Kingdom- 2660-2180 BC Sun rises on East side of River where cities are- Life. Sets on West side where tombs are- Death Egyptians Polytheistic- worship many Gods How did the Egyptian view of the afterlife compare to that of the Sumerians? Compare/contrast the writing and document storage systems of Egypt and Sumer.

12. Ra- God of Sun

13. Nut- Goddess of Sky

14. Amun-King of Gods

15. Delivering a Baby

16. Medical Instruments

17. Fractured forearm with splint

18. Great Pyramids at Giza

19. Great Sphinx

21. Middle Kingdom Old Kingdom ends 2180 BC Middle Kingdom: -dug a canal from Nile to Red Sea -Built dykes on Nile to trap water -Drained swamps in lower Egypt to create farmland -Traded with Mesopotamia and Indus Valley Hyksos conquer Egypt and invite Jews

22. New Kingdom Hyksos defeated, New Kingdom begins, Jews enslaved Kush conquers Egypt 750 BC- from Ethiopia Assyrians defeat Kushites in 671 BC Egyptian rule ends with Greek conquest- 300s BC

24. Irrigation of a palm orchard by a shaduf

25. Irrigating and harvesting in a vegetable garden.

26. Bronze Medical Needle

27. Circular Medical Cautery

28. Hieroglyphic Alphabet

29. The Rosetta Stone

31. Numbers