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By: Florian, Aliya, and Chrissie
Ancient Egypt By: Florian, Aliya, and Chrissie
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Contents Introduction to Ancient Egypt Education in Ancient Egypt
Laws in Ancient Egypt Religion in Ancient Egypt Art in Ancient Egypt Culture in Ancient Egypt Language in Ancient Egypt Economy in Ancient Egypt Government in Ancient Egypt Bibliography
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Timeline of the Ancient Egyptian Civilization
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Where is Ancient Egypt? Egypt is in the northeast of Africa
River Nile flows through Egypt Ancient Egyptians settled along the river Farmers first settles in 5000BCE CS
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When did the civilization start?
Started 3100BCE Lasted 3000 years Many changes and turns 31 dynasties in total AY
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Who lived in this area? Founded by a King Menes 343B.C.E. The Romans
Cleopatra VII The Islamic Empire Ottoman Turks 14th century – black death FP
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What was their purpose? Invention and Ideas Pyramids and Tombs
Valley of the Kings Engineering Ideas Cairo FP
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How did if form? 5000BCE lived in farming villages
Had rituals, gods, and chieftain 3000BCE united into 2 kingdoms, Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt 3100BCE King Menes united both kingdoms CS
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Education in Ancient Egypt
Stayed with mothers until 4 years old Fathers educated boys after first 4 years, usually follow in trade of father Schools for royalty, wealthy, scribes or priests Girls educated by mother – house keeping, cooking, brewing, making clothes Women excluded from ruling bureaucracy, temple elite, not eligible to work as scribes CS
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The Rosetta Stone Discovered by Napoleons soldiers' while digging
1400 years after Was the key to unlocking the mystery of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics CS
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Government in Ancient Egypt
Revolved around one figure – The pharaoh Living God Theocracy Priests Army commanders, chief treasurers, the minister of public works, and tax collector Taxation Laws FP
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Laws in Ancient Egypt Pharaoh head of legal system – made laws
Laws based on common sense view of right and wrong Punishments for minor crimes Punishment for serious crimes (tomb raiding, murder) New Kingdom – oracles played major role in decision making CS
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Ancient Egyptian Economy
Trade on the Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea, and the Red Sea. Other countries bought goods silver, iron, cedar logs, horses, ivory, copper, cattle, leopard skins, and spices. Main goods Cost was measured in a deben Jobs : Merchants, farmers, artist, soldier Classes FP
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Ancient Egyptian Economy Graph
Priests, Soldiers, Pharaohs Artists, Merchants, Brick maker Farmers Slave Servants Upper Class Middle Class Lower Class FP
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The Golden Coin Archeologists discovered ancient Egyptian coins
name and image of the biblical Joseph, Cairo's Al Ahram Newspaper from Egypt Journalist FP
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Art in Ancient Egypt For over 3500 years Paint made out of minerals
iron ores (red and yellow ochres), copper ores (blue and green) soot or charcoal (black), and limestone (white). AY
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Art in Ancient Egypt Why they did art? To make them proud
Dead Man standing in the barge of the sun worshiping the phoenix, symoble of the sun god of Heliopolis, Tomb of Irinefer AY
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Religion in Ancient Egypt
Polytheistic – worshipped more than 2,000 gods and goddesses Believed in afterlife – Anubis god of the underworld weighed dead person’s heart All classes planned for burials – royals built large tombs and pyramids, others built smaller tombs Royal and elite Egyptians preserved by mummification CS
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Anubis - god of the dead CS The god and guide of the underworld
Weigh each dead person’s heart Test for purity and truth, if passed would live forever in the beautiful Other World Win eternal life if no heavier than a feather If tipped scale the heart was heavy with sin Would oversee the embalming and mummification of the dead Today still worshipped by sects of pagan religions CS
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Ancient Egyptian Culture
Religion really important Men and women had many of the same rights Games Most slaves were farmers Cosmetics for work and play AY
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Ancient Egyptian Culture
Pets Royal dogs Surgeons Papyrus growers AY
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Language in Ancient Egypt
First pictographs Got more flexible Hieroglyphics From greek word Meaning “sacred carving” Each picture stood for an idea Papyrus made out of reeds and used as paper AY
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Language in Ancient Egypt
The hieroglyphics these are the letters they used to write with and they also used them to do arts AY
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bibliography junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/Egypt.html egypt.htmlhttp://historylink101.net/egypt_1/a- education.htm egyptian-education.htm egyptian-gods-anubis.html stone-of-metaphysics-the-li/
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Bibliography 2 http://www.womenintheancientworld.com/econom y.htm.
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Thank You Thank you for your time … we hope you learnt more about ANCIENT EGYPT!!
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