1. Ancient Egypt
World History Review

2. Egypt Geography Nile River
Every spring the Nile floods and leaves behind fertile soil
Delta – area of fertile soil at the mouth of the Nile River
Flow of the Nile River is from South to the North

4. Pharaohs Pharaoh = ruler of Egypt Hatshepsut – first woman pharaoh
Thutmose – set up a navy and built obelisks
Ikhnaton – built many temples
Ramses III – last great ruler of Egypt
Cleopatra – later Ruler
Ramses the Great

5. Hatshepsut

6. Ikhnaton

7. Thutmose

8. King Tutankhamen King Tut was a pharaoh
He was not famous for being a pharaoh
His tomb was found untouched by robbers
Gave archeologists a great deal of information about the Egyptians

9. King Tut

10. Accomplishments Paper – used papyrus to make paper
Medicine – set broken bones, checked for heartbeat, and dealt with fevers
Hieroglyphs - writing
Built pyramids (tombs)
Mummified the dead
Cubits – measurement (unified system)
Geometry to survey land

11. Hieroglyphs

12. Obelisks

13. Pyramids

15. Mummies