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■ Bell Ringer: – Create a “Hammurabi’s Code” for Eastlake High School. Think of 5 laws & punishments appropriate for school.

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2 ■ Bell Ringer: – Create a “Hammurabi’s Code” for Eastlake High School. Think of 5 laws & punishments appropriate for school.

3 Ancient Egypt

4 Egypt began along the Nile River in North Africa Egypt was bordered on both sides by desert which isolated & protected Egyptians from outsiders The Nile River’s annual floods were predictable & provided fertile soil for farming The Nile flooded so predictably that the Egyptians designed their calendar around it

5 Lasting Contributions ■ Advanced Cities: – Cities developed along the Nile River in “Upper Egypt” & “Lower Egypt”

6 Lasting Contributions ■ Specialized Workers: – ?

7 Lasting Contributions ■ Government : – Pharaohs ruled Egypt as “king-gods” & were thought to control nature – Egyptians constructed pyramids & elaborate tombs for the pharoahs

8 Lasting Contributions ■ Religion: – Egyptians were polytheistic & believed the gods controlled all aspects of life

9 Lasting Contributions ■ Writing: – Egyptian hieroglyphics was both pictograms & a phonetic alphabet – Hieroglyphics were translated using the Rosetta Stone

10 Lasting Contributions ■ Technology: – Egyptian ideas included a 365-day calendar, geometry, astronomy, & pyramids

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