chapter 1-- egypt
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Chapter 1-- EGYPT. “Egypt is the gift of the Nile.” - Herodotus. Nile River flows from the south to north extending 4000 miles; therefore the Nile Delta is the Lower Nile. EGYPTIAN DYNASTIES. Old Kingdom 2700-1990 BCE - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Chapter 1--EGYPT
“Egypt is the gift of the Nile.” -Herodotus
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Nile River flows from the south to north extending 4000 miles;therefore the Nile Delta is the Lower Nile
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Old Kingdom 2700-1990 BCEConfident period until 2200 conflicts
Middle Kingdom 1990-1575 Ever-growing uncertainty about future
New Kingdom 1575-1100Akhenaton (1379-62)
Late Period 1100-500Persians in charge
EGYPTIAN DYNASTIES
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Egyptian Society and Art Parallels between culture and artistic expression:
1. Pyramidal 2. Static3. Traditional4. Other worldly5. Autocratic6. Unity and continuity7. Polytheistic with Amon, Re, Ra, Aten (various names for the
Sun god) N.B. Exception: Akhenaton and the El Amarna experiment
8. Osiris—ruler of the underworld9. Resurrection central for the gods, pharaoh, and commoners10. Theocracy with the pharaoh as god’s representative
(You will need to be able to compare and contrast these characteristics with the Greeks)
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Votive palette of King Narmer (Menes) 3100 BCE
(first pharaoh who united Upper and Lower Egypt)
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Funerary papyrus from
the Book of the Dead
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Obelisk
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Step Pyramid at Saqqara(built for King Zoser ca. 2750 BCE)
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Step Pyramid
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Great Pyramid of Giza
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Sphinx of Giza ca. 2540 BCE
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Ca. 2515 BCE
N.B. left foot forward, arms by side, and smile (only the smile will change over the centuries)
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Ca. 2550 BCE
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Seated Scribe ca. 2500 BCE
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Pepy II and His Mother ca. 2300 BCE
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Akhenaten and His Family ca. 1348-36 BCE
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Akhenaten and duck sacrifice
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Nefertiti (queen of Akhenaten) ca. 1355 BCE
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Abu Simbel 1279-1212
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N.B. the way the body is painted: head and legs painted side forwards and torso painted frontal while the eye looks at viewer
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And now for a moment of Zen:
The Egyptians had nearly 3,000 years of centralized societal
control without producing any artistic growth or new ideas.
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For an interesting world timeline:
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hm/03/hm03.htm