ancient egypt
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Ancient Egypt
HISTORY
LOCATION OF EGYPT
THE RIVER NILE
CULTURE AND THEIR RELIGION
MUMMIFICATION
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History :Around, About 5000 BC the weather changed and the Sahara became the Sahara Desert. The people who lived in the Sahara before needed a place to get water and live so they went out on a hunt for water and found a river so they called this land The Nile Valley at that time.
Flooded every year Provided fertile soil for crops Was the “Lifeline” for Egypt Transportation Route Used for Irrigation Flows south to north
The Nile River
Main crops were barley, wheat and flax
Main food was bread, fish, vegetables and fruit. Only the wealthy ate meat.
Food
Egyptian Social Pyramid
Egyptian Social
Classes were
based on wealth, job
and education
People built homes from mud bricks Most important people had better
houses.
Homes
Egyptians developed a form of picture or symbol writing.
Language
Religion
Egyptians believed that when people die, they move on to another world.
Since people needed their body in the afterlife, it would need to be “preserved.”
The process of mummification was developed.
Mummification
The Process of Mummification
Language: Picture Coded Architecture: Pyramids Inventions: 365 day calendar, papyrus
(paper), irrigation system, mathematics, medicine, weapons.
Art: statues, paintings, jewelry
Contributions of Egypt