10 - 27 - 09 Base Camp: Looking at your Cornell notes from your homework, add supporting details to this main idea. Ancient Egypt, was an advanced civilization because it was able to complete these tasks. After this, summarize your notes in paragraph form. Mission: Students will review their Cornell notes for understanding, and add information on Ancient Egypt After Class: Work on research for your groups Create Your Own Civilization project, and summarize your Egypt note.

Egyptian Civilization Religion to Society

Egyptian Religion We have learned about their religious beliefs from not only Tombs, but also wall paintings Believed in many gods Amon Re – Sun god Pharaoh was also seen as a god Many believed in Isis and Osiris story Monotheism or the study of only one God, came about during this time by Pharaoh Akhenaton

Belief in Afterlife Test on ones soul in order to win eternal life. Mummification was a way that the dead could be preserved for the afterlife and buried with everything they would need in the afterlife. Later we would see even ordinary people afforded mummification Curse of Tut, Myth or Truth?

Farmer and Women of Egypt Farming in Summer, working for the Pharaoh in the off-season Trade would expand the Merchant class. “The foot of an Egyptian women may walk where it pleases and no one may deny her.” Women had many rights including business owning, property rights and divorce Many women worked outside the home and could even become a priest.

Writing – Hieroglyphics Hieroglyphics is a form of picture writing. Paper was made of a plant near the Nile, called papyrus Rosetta Stone – Stone with 3 forms of writing on it which was deciphered to under stand Hieroglyphics.

Egyptian skillz that killz Medicine – Egyptian physicians believed in magic, but also studied symptoms, diagnosing illness and would find cures to disease. Did surgery, created medical manuals on papyrus, as well as prescribed medicine that is still used today.

More Skillz Created 12 month calendar with 30 days each, which became basis for modern calendar. Created practical geometry to survey land and create boundaries for farms Engineered pyramids with Geometry to calculate each size and location of each stone.

Art and Literature From tombs and wall paintings we know they Egyptians were very talented artisans Wrote many folk tale stories of battle as well as poems and songs. They would share these with their Sumerian neighbors.

Reflection Fill out your Learn column of your KWL chart What was the most interesting thing you learned about Ancient Egypt and why?