1. Start Cornell Notes on page 72 in composition notebook
Topic: Cities of Ancient Egypt and The Nile River
Essential Question: Why was the Nile River important to the ancient Egyptians?
Questions: Notes:

2. Cities of Ancient Egypt and The Nile River
What other civilization that we have studied is on the map?
Notice that Upper Egypt is south of Lower Egypt. Why do you think that is?

3. The direction of the flow!
The Nile is the longest River in the world (4,000 miles)
That is farther then the width of the U.S.
It flows NORTH!
Why? Water runs down hill and the Nile is going down the hills of Africa from the mountains of Ethiopia.

4. The Mediterranean Sea Where does it start? (Page 102)
Where does it end?
The Mediterranean Sea

5. Nile Delta and Cataract’s
Delta is a fan shaped area of silt (what makes the soil rich or fertile) where the river splits into tributaries (branches) near where a river flows into the sea.
Cataract is a waterfall or rapids in a river
The Nile has 4 major cataract’s

6. Circle Upper and Lower Egypt RED
Color:
Circle Upper and Lower Egypt RED
Circle the 4 cataract’s ORANGE

7. Flooding Predictable Occurs the middle of summer Not devastating
Deposits silt creating fertile land for farming

8. Shadoof
When the water receded, dug out basins stored water to be used for irrigation
The shadoof is a bucket on a long poll that lifts water.
It helped to transfer the water that was stored and water from the Nile, into canals for irrigation

9. Papyrus vs. paper
Papyrus: A reed plant that grew along the Nile. Cut the reeds and weave

10. Color:
Fertile area GREEN
Sea’s BLUE
Land Desert colored

11. Color:
Fertile area GREEN
Sea BLUE
Pyramids PURPLE
Circle Upper and Lower Egypt RED
Circle the cataract’s ORAGNE

12. Read the paragraphs and answer the questions.
#7 has a misprint
- it should read 20N and 30 1/5 E

13. Cities of Ancient Egypt Key
Thebes and Memphis
Aswan
Memphis- it is the capital city of Lower Egypt
Sais- eastern side and Naukratis- western side
Hierakonpolis
Hermopolis and Amarna
The 3rd cataract

14. 5. Hierakonpolis 6. Hermopolis and Amarna 7. The 3rd cataract 8
5. Hierakonpolis 6. Hermopolis and Amarna 7. The 3rd cataract 8. South of Upper Egypt. 32 ½ E and 23 N- About 50 kl wide. 9. Lower Egypt, the Delta Nile. About 200 mi. 10. About 400 mi.