EgyptBy Cristina Rueda, Raúl Moral, Juan

Martín and Marina Sanz.

From 3100 BC to 332 BC.

Egypt 3100 BC - 332 BC

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Capital: Memphis.

Pyramids: Khufu, Khafre, Menkaura.

Capital: Thebes.

Wars and invasions.

Capitals: Thebes and Tell-el-Amarna.

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Ramses II expands territory.

Akhenaton proclaims monotheism.

End of Egyptian unification.

Egypt becomes a persian province.

Conquests of Alexander the Great.

Egypt became a Roman province

Stability and prosperity.

Geographical Zone

Egypt is a large desert with the Nile river running through it. Egypt is in the north of Africa and in the north is located the mediterranean sea and in the eastern is located the read sea. Egypt has two legions: Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt. The egyptians build dikes around the Nile to irrigate crops. They became an important civilisation.

Economy

The level of the Nile rises every June flooding the river banks.In October, the water level decreases,allowing the surrouning land to cultivated.The egyptians built dikes and canals to irrigate crops.Egypt became an important agrarian civilisation.

Social GroupsPharaohs: Privileged Class: Common people: Absolute power. - High officials: A lot of land - Peasants: work the land, and very wealth. help to built pyramids and

- Priests: Religious rites and temples without any controlled the land around compensation.

the temple. - Traders: - Scribes: Calculated - Craftsmen: work in taxes and transcribed textiles, metals and pharaoh`s orders. carpentry.

- Soldiers: Slaves: Protect the city. Heaviest tasks.

Political organisationThe pharaoh is the most important person in Egypt. He had the absolute power. Pharaoh used governors and civil servants to help them govern.

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Everyday life in Egypt

Most people were peasants who lived in small villages on the banks of the river Nile. They lived in simple houses.Wealthy people had residences made of stone and brick, surrounded by high walls. The city was where the pharaoh and the nobles lived.

Clothes

People in Egypt was Cloth with very simple dresses.-Pharaoh dress: sandals, and mantles decorated with many joyes.-Privileged people dress: Jewels, diamonds and pectorals.waist. Men: A little flap.-Normal persons: Women: One robe.

Food

Most people in ancient Egypt had a very simple diet. -Beer

-Bread-Fish-Lentils-Peas-Fruit.

The wealthy had much more varied diets that included poultry, meat and vegetables.

Art

In Egypt the art was: painting,sculpture and architecture.The art in Egypt started aroundthe river Nile. Between the years3000 B.C. to 100 A.D. The paintingand sculpture were very symbolic. Bust of Nefertiti

Architecture

In Egypt buildings was made of stone. And it was decorated with sculpture, engravings and paintings.Most important buildings was the temples, that all of them had the same structure.

ReligionEgyptians was polytheists, it say that they believe in many gods. Gods like: RA, Seth, Horus… And others.In Egypt they engaged very monuments for thegods and for the pharaoh. And for the gods, Also they give them most of the power.

Gods / GoddessThe most important gods in egypt were: . RA - The sun god. . Osiris - The god of the dead. . Seth - The god of darkness. . Horus - The god of the war. . Isis - The goddess of fertility. . Anubis - The god of underworld. . Thot - The god of wisdom.

Temples

Egyptians practised Polytheism. One of the most important buildings was the temple. All the temples has a similar structure. All of the temple has a patio, a sanctuary…. They has a lot of pillars and a lot of decorations with in the temple and out them . The temples are very big.

PyramidsThe pyramids are a very big buildings. The first Egyptians tombs were called mastabas. They were simple low rectangular buildings. Then the mastabas developed into pyramids. The pyramids has a funerary chamber or tombstones. In the pyramids were buried the dead.

Tombs - Believed in the life after death.

- Dead bodies become mommies.- Kept in a sarcophagus.- Buried in tombs.- Around the sarcophagus, they put everything that

the dead will need in the afterlife.- The first Egyptian tombs were called mastabas.- Only pharaohs and the wealthiest nobles had large tombs.

The afterlife The Egyptian religion promised life after death. The Egyptians believed that after dying, the Ka (soul) passed into the afterlife.

-Before passing into the afterlife, the dead presented themselves for the Judgment of Osiris.

The Egyptians believed that the paintings and statues came to life in the afterlife.

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