Elizabeth Lee

Grade 4

• Lived along Nile

• Surrounding deserts gave protection

• Nile used for many things

• Farmed & grew crops, fruit, & grain in rich soil along Nile

The Ancient Egyptians lived along what body of water, which provided them with food, entertainment, transportation, and so many other things?

1. The Red Sea

2. The Euphrates River

3. The Nile River

Religion

• Polytheistic- believed in many higher beings

• Higher beings helped in:

- creation, flooding of Nile, protection, afterlife

• Examples: Aten-sun god

• Horus-protected Egypt

• Isis-helped people in need

Religion

• Process of preserving the dead

• Developed over many centuries

• Practice: embalmed, wrapped in

linen, & buried in coffin

• Social class determined

possessions buried with

Some think Egyptians best builders ever

Shape drawn in sand, large stones dragged by men to pyramid & stacked

Process took many (20) years

• Located-Giza near The Great Pyramid

• Made of limestone

• Head-pharaoh, body-lion

• Gave protection & honored Gods

• Recording history was important

• Hieroglyphics-form of writing

• Only scribes knew how to write

• Alphabet represented by pictures

• Helped explain hieroglyphics

• Made-Egypt-200BC-black basalt

• Contains 3 alphabets:– Hieroglyphics– Demotic– Greek

Education

• Girls-no education-stayed home with mothers to cook & clean

• Poor children stayed home helping

parents with farm

Education

• Only wealthy boys were schooled

• Taught by priests in temples

• Oils/creams-protection from sun

• No dressing before shower

• Took pride in clean clothes

• Men & women wore make up, perfume, & jewelry

• Many stones, beads, & gold

• Food- meats, vegetables, & fruit

• food-eaten immediately

-no way to preserve

grapes

• Last great Egyptian Pharaoh

• Death-ended Ancient Egyptian society

And the Fall of Ancient Egypt

• lost ore/fabric market-Egypt failed

• Romans & others took over Mediterranean

• Hunting crocodiles, fox, & hyenas

• Hosting/attending parties with magicians, acrobats, dancers, singers, & live music

• Relaxing by Nile, swimming, boating

• Playing with ivory toys & board games

• Valued family & children

• Women = to men & highly respected

• When parents died

- men inherited land

-women inherited household

• Children looked after grandparents

The Ancient Egyptians:

1. Valued their family

2. Thought men and women were equal

3. All of the above

This is the correct answer

I am sorry but this is not the correct answer

Review

• Thought children were blessings

• Prayed for them if childless

• Women-obey fathers & husbands butwere equal

• http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/index.htm

• http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/

• http://www2.sptimes.com/Egypt/EgyptCredit.4.2.html

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/life/home.html