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CHAPTER 5ANCIENT EGYPT
6th GradeII Quarter
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The Nile River
• It is the longest river in the world. It is more than 4,000 miles long.
• It flows from a lake deep in Africa to the hot desert land of Egypt.
• The people of the Egypt need water from the Nile. Their country gets little rain.
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The Nile River Valley• People began moving
into the Nile River Valley in Egypt over 10,000 years ago.
• They stayed because the land near the river was fertile.
• Every summer the Nile flooded the land around it. These floods left a layer of fertile soil on the land. Farmers planted their crops in the soil.
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The First Pharaoh
• Over time, the small villages became larger. About 5,000 years ago, a man named Menes ruled over several villages in Egypt.
• Menes became the first king of Egypt. He built a new capital called Memphis.
• Egypt’s king was always called the pharaoh, which meant “great palace” or “great house.”
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Government Under the Pharaoh
1.- The pharaoh made laws for all the people of Egypt. Everyone worked for the pharaoh in some way.
– For example, the farmers had to give some of the food that they grew to the pharaoh.
2.-The second most powerful group of people were the nobles, who ran the government.
3.-Artists – makers of statues and building- had less power than the nobles.
4.-Farmers and other workers had little say in the government.
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Egyptian Religion• Like the people of
the Mesopotamia, the Egyptians believed in many gods. They believed that the sun was a god named Ra.
• The Egyptians developed a way to protect bodies called mummification.
They put chemicals on the bodies. Then they wrapped the bodies in long strips of cloth.
Finally, they covered the bodies with a mixture like tar.
Today we call these preserved bodies mummies.
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NO!! Not that type of mummy.
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This type of mummy.
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The Pyramids• The largest tombs were built for the pharaohs. These tombs were called pyramids.
• The largest pyramid in Egypt is called the Great Pyramid. It was built 4,500 years ago.
• It is shaped like a
triangle and it is as tall as a 45 story building.
• It took 20 years to build it.
• Egyptians invented the following things:• Their own calendar.• Made a writing material
called papyrus. (The word paper comes from papyrus.)
• Invented their own writing called hieroglyphics, or picture writing.
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The Fall of Egypt• About 3,000 years ago, Egypt began to
grow weak because of the following reasons:
– The pharaohs did not rule the people well.
– Number of floods did not bring enough water for farmers to grow crops.
– Foreign armies soon began to invade Egypt (Egypt was conquered by people from Mesopotamia, later by Greeks, and then by Romans).