1. Ancient Egypt
World Studies

2. Geography Relative Location Northeast Africa Along the Nile River
South of the Mediterranean Sea and east of the Red Sea

3. Geography
Movement
The Nile flows north from its source in Lake Victoria to its mouth in the Mediterranean Sea which forms a delta.
Upper and Lower Egypt
(This is tricky!)
River flow

4. Advanced Cities Memphis – capital of United Egypt
Thebes – center of artifacts
Temple of Luxor
Valley of Kings
Temple of Ramses
Giza – Sphinx & Great Pyraminds

5. Specialized Workers
Masons
Slaves

6. Complex Institutions Pharaoh Dynasty Theocracy polytheism
Egyptian gods
Amun-Ra
Osiris
pyramids
mummification

7. Record Keeping & Writing
Pictogram
Hieroglyphics
Papyrus
Rosetta Stone

8. Advanced Technology Pyramid Calendar Forensics Water clock Sun dial
Bronze work
medicine

9. Old Kingdom Upper and Lower Egypt united in 3200 BC
Pharaoh- King of Egypt- seen as a God
Pyramids- tombs for Pharaoh
Mummification- embalming corpse to prevent decay
Nile river floods and deposits a rich layer of silt
During flood farmers worked on pyramids and other projects

10. Anubis- God of embalming and the Dead

11. Old Kingdom Old Kingdom- 2660-2180 BC
Sun rises on East side of River where cities are- Life. Sets on West side where tombs are- Death
Egyptians Polytheistic- worship many Gods
How did the Egyptian view of the afterlife compare to that of the Sumerians?
Compare/contrast the writing and document storage systems of Egypt and Sumer.

12. Ra- God of Sun

13. Nut- Goddess of Sky

14. Amun-King of Gods

15. Delivering a Baby

16. Medical Instruments

17. Fractured forearm with splint

18. Great Pyramids at Giza

19. Great Sphinx

21. Middle Kingdom Old Kingdom ends 2180 BC Middle Kingdom:
-dug a canal from Nile to Red Sea
-Built dykes on Nile to trap water
-Drained swamps in lower Egypt to create farmland
-Traded with Mesopotamia and Indus Valley
Hyksos conquer Egypt and invite Jews

22. New Kingdom Hyksos defeated, New Kingdom begins, Jews enslaved
Kush conquers Egypt 750 BC- from Ethiopia
Egyptian rule ends with Greek conquest- 300s BC

24. Irrigation of a palm orchard by a shaduf

25. Irrigating and harvesting in a vegetable garden.

26. Bronze Medical Needle
The bronze needle was a medical instrument mainly used during surgical operations to close wounds by stitching. Its pointed tip ends with a small hole where the medical wire is tied while the other end has a round-shaped head to hold the wire.

27. Circular Medical Cautery
This metal medical cautery is known as a circular cautery; it was used for cauterization, which is the burning of tissue for medical reasons.

28. Hieroglyphic Alphabet

29. The Rosetta Stone

30. The Rosetta Stone

31. Numbers