WARM-UP 11/7

• Tell me one thing you already know about Egypt. On which continent is it located?

• Homework: None

• Green Sheets: Intro to Egypt

WARM-UP 11/18

• Explain why Egyptians were happy with being a united nation under one ruler.

• Green Sheets 11/18: No Update• Take out vocab list, have in front of you

• Homework: None. Bring colored pencils to class tomorrow.

EGYPT!!!

• Country located in __________________

• Egypt’s lifeline is the ____________; without it, Egypt would have never been able to survive

EGYPT

Nile River Facts

• Longest river in the world: 4, 000 miles

• Flows from_____________to_____________

Length of the NIle

Path of the Nile

Nile

Gifts of the Nile

• Predictable floods: Makes it easier to plan out farming

• Thick black mud: full of nutrients for healthy soil

• Papyrus: a type of plant that can be used for paper, baskets, sandals, even boats!

• Fish, geese, ducks, plants: food sources

GIFTS OF THE MILE

More on Uses of the Nile

Other facts about the Nile

• Has _____________, which are short stretches of rapids

• Ends at the Nile Delta, which is a triangle-shaped deposit of soil at the end…this is where the best farmland is.

Nile Delta

Egypt Was Divided in Half

• Into Upper Egypt, and Lower Egypt

• A famous Upper Egypt King, _________, united both places into one country.

Menes Unites Egypt

Why Egypt Was More Peaceful Than Mesopotamia

• Working together was important to survival

• Having one united nation made more sense

• Small population

• Agree on having the pharaoh as their one leader

Egypt: The World’s First United Nation

What happened to Menes?

• Eaten by a Hippo while on a hunting trip.

• Son takes over, followed by his son…

• This began the world’s first ______________

Egyptian Religion

• Belief in the afterlife• Believes in many gods (polytheism)• Believe that the body needs to be preserved

as a house for the soul• Later worshipped kings as gods

Egyptian Writing

• Had a system called HIEROGLYPHICS• Pictorial symbols stand for words or sounds• Made up of over 700 different symbols