Post on 27-Dec-2015
Opening
You are the ruler of an ancient land. Write down at least 5 rules you
would enforce in your land. Put answers in your NOTEBOOK FOR
A GRADE!
Do Now
Please answer the following questions:
1) Name the two rivers that created the Fertile Crescent.
2) What modern country makes up the present day Fertile Crescent? (Hint US war)
3) Define the term cultural diffusion. 4) Name two inventions from the
Sumerians?
Nile River
Yearly flooding of the Nile brought the water and rich soil to Egypt.
The Nile flows north. Egypt was the “gift of the Nile”.
Ancient Egyptian History
Ancient Egyptian HistoryPeriods Time Frame
Nile Culture Begins
3900 B. C. E.
Archaic 3100 – 2650 B. C. E.
Old Kingdom 2650 – 2134 B. C. E.
Middle Kingdom 2040 – 1640 B. C. E.
New Kingdom 1550 – 1070 B. C. E.
Late Period 750 – 332 B. C. E.
Greek Ptolemaic Era
332 – 30 B. C. E.
Roman Period 30 B. C. E. – 395 C. E.
Narmer: The Unifier -Narmer or Menes unified the two
kingdoms around 3,000 B.C. -He created Egypt's first dynasty.
(rule by one family)
Pharaohs
Pharaohs were considered gods by the Egyptian people.
They were the rulers of Egypt. This type of government is called a
theocracy (rule by religious leaders).
Pharaohs were the center of religion as well as the government and army.
Total control!!!!
Some Famous Egyptian Pharaohs
Some Famous Egyptian Pharaohs
Thutmose III
1504-1450 B. C. E.
Thutmose III
1504-1450 B. C. E. Ramses II
1279-1212 B. C. E.
Ramses II1279-1212 B.
C. E.
Tutankhamon
1336-1327 B. C. E.
Tutankhamon
1336-1327 B. C. E.
Opening
IN YOUR NOTEBOOK ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS!!!
1)Name the two rivers that surrounded Mesopotamia.
2) Name the river the runs through Egypt.
3) Who was the head of the government in Ancient Egypt?
4) True or False: Polytheism is the belief in many gods.
Pyramids
They were the final resting place for the pharaoh and family.
Ka was the eternal life force of the pharaoh that would still be apart of the government.
Pyramids showed the strength of the Egyptian civilization= economic and technological strength.
Egyptian Culture
Polytheistic= belief in many gods. Top three gods: Re-----the sun god Osiris---- god of the dead
*Isis------- the ideal mother and wife
***** Egyptians believed in an afterlife- They believed they would be judged
for their deeds.
Egyptian Gods & Goddesses:
“The Sacred ‘Trinity’”
Egyptian Gods & Goddesses:
“The Sacred ‘Trinity’”
Osiris Isis Horus Osiris Isis Horus
Preparations for the Underworld
Preparations for the Underworld
Priests protected your KA, or soul-spirit
Priests protected your KA, or soul-spirit
ANUBIS weighs the dead person’s heart against a feather.
ANUBIS weighs the dead person’s heart against a feather.
Materials Used in Mummification
Materials Used in Mummification
1. Linen 6. Natron2. Sawdust 7. Onion3. Lichen 8. Nile Mud4. Beeswax 9. Linen Pads5. Resin 10. Frankinsense
1. Linen 6. Natron2. Sawdust 7. Onion3. Lichen 8. Nile Mud4. Beeswax 9. Linen Pads5. Resin 10. Frankinsense
Egyptian MummiesEgyptian Mummies
Seti I1291-1278 B.
C. E.
Seti I1291-1278 B.
C. E.Queen Tiye,
wife of Amenhotep II
1210-1200 B. C. E.
Queen Tiye, wife of
Amenhotep II1210-1200 B. C. E.
Ramses II1279-1212 B.
C. E.
Ramses II1279-1212 B.
C. E.
Journey to the Underworld
Journey to the Underworld
A boat for the journey is
provided for a dead pharaoh
in his tomb.
A boat for the journey is
provided for a dead pharaoh
in his tomb.
The dead travel on the “Solar Bark.”
The dead travel on the “Solar Bark.”
Life in Egyptian Society
Top= King, queen and the royal family Then=other members of the upper class
(gov’t officials, priests, army commanders)
Next= Middle class (merchants and artisans)
Bottom= Lower class (farmers , laborers and slaves)
Imagine society like a pyramid.
Do Now
Please answer the following questions:
What is mummification? What is an afterlife? What was the purpose of pyramids?
Society cont.
You were not locked into your social class.
Could move up through marriage or success in their jobs.
To gain high status you had to read and write.
Women had many same rights as men.
Ancient Egyptian Housing
Ancient Egyptian HousingMiddle Class
HomesMiddle Class Homes
Peasant Homes
Peasant Homes
Egyptian Writing
Hieroglyphics- the writing system in Egypt.
First written on stone and clay but then to papyrus. (paper like)
Hieroglyphics “Alphabet”Hieroglyphics “Alphabet” 24 “letters” + 700 phonetic
symbols 24 “letters” + 700 phonetic
symbols
Rosetta Stone
A stone found in 1799 with three writings on it.
Hieroglyphics, a simpler form of hieroglyphics and Greek.
**** This stone gave clues to what the meaning of the hieroglyphics were.*******