Egypt

Egypt’s Location

North East Africa

Egypt and the World

Pre-dynatstic: Known civilization-2700 BCE Old Kingdom: 2700 BCE-1990 BCE Middle Kingdom-1990-BCE-1570 BCE New Kingdom: 1570 BCE-1185 BCE Late Period 1185 BCE-500 BCE

Egyptian Time-Line

The Nile River was the most important river in

Egypt. The People lived of the resources the Nile

provided The Nile (just like the Tigris-Euphrates) was

the reason Egypt was able to develop into an early civilization.

Importance of the Nile

The Pyramids Mummification Calendar Year of 365 Days Maat-Morality Courts that promoted Truth,

Justice and order. Hieroglyphs: Becomes the baseFor Greek and Roman Alphabet.

Egyptian Contributions

Mathematical developments in Archeology Built during the Old Kingdom 2700 BCE-1990

BCE

The Pyramids and Sphinx

Death Ritual Body Preservation

Mummification

Egyptian: Person from Egypt Pyramid: Ancient and magnificent structures

built in Egypt Mummification: Process used by Egyptians

to preserve the dead. Used during the burial ritual.

Nile River: Important river that ran through Egypt

Cairo: The capital of Egypt

Vocabulary

What ritual did the Egyptians use

MUMMIFICATION? What great structures did the Egyptian people

build? What were these great structure usually used

for?Internet Search Question: What were the Kings and Queens of Egypt

called?On the Map: Locate the Nile river

Questions