1. The Egyptian Civilization Social Studies

2. The Nile Longest river in the world. Egypt can not exist without the Nile river Nile Delta: Extremely rich farm land – Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt Important for travel

10. Flooding Nile Floods yearly enriches the soil “Miracle of the Nile” “Black Lands” Fertile area “Red Lands” Desert

12. Egyptian Geography Nile = Great Farming = Surplus food Natural Barriers kept invaders out – Red sea, Cataracts (Rapids), and Sahara Desert

17. The Pharaoh King of Egypt, Has absolute power God’s Representative on Earth Menses 1 st Pharaoh, Unites Egypt Dynasty: Family of rulers passed down though the generations

20. Pharaohs' Help Bureaucracy: System and organization that makes governing easier Vizier- “Steward of the Land” top official,

21. Egypt and Religion Polytheistic Cities Became associated with different gods. Egyptian families worshiped household gods. Strong belief in the afterlife.

22. Amon-Re The Sun God, traveled across the sky in a ship.

23. Temple of Amun-Re

24. Obelisk Monument at Amen-Re temple.

26. Isis Goddess of Magic Osiris’ Sister\Wife Brought Osiris Back to life

27. Horus Sky God and God of Pharos

28. The After Life Most of Egyptian Religion is focused on the Afterlife. Afterlife is a happy place. Ka your spirit. Ka lives on but needs the same things that the living needs.

32. Mummification Art of preserving a body Body must be preserved or the Ka will not recognize it. Bodies were embalmed and took several weeks. They were wrapped in a cloth and placed in a case called a sarcophagus

33. Only Anubis could perform the first step

34. During mummification, the organs were removed and placed in jars.