Transcript AKS 30 - Egypt

Egypt
The Gift of the Nile &
the First United Nation
Geography of Egypt
Activity
Egypt Video:
Birth of a Nation
Egyptians
lived & farmed
along Nile in 6000 BC;
organized nearby villages into
nomes (districts)
3200 BC nomes were united
into 2 kingdoms: Upper Egypt
& Lower Egypt each with
different king
Nomes of Ancient Egypt
Lower Egypt
(Nile River is only river
in world to flow from
south to north. As a
result, southern region of
Nile was called “Upper
Upper
Egypt”Egypt
because elevation
was higher than northern
“Lower Egypt”)
Lower
Egypt
Upper
Egypt
Birth of a Nation
 3100
BC—Menes united Upper
& Lower Egypt, became first
pharaoh (king god)
 Built new Egyptian
capital at Memphis
 Egypt dynasties would
survive 2,800 years
Egyptian Culture
 Pharaohs
were more than kings, they
were also thought of as equals to
gods & religious figures
 To honor pharaohs, built pyramids or
other tombs so
pharaoh could live
& rule forever,
even after death
Egyptian Culture
 Egyptian
writing was called
hieroglyphics
Hieroglyphics
(Type A)
Hieroglyphics
(Type B)
Greek
Egypt Quiz
 Egyptian
villages were
organized into
districts called
____.
Nomes
 Who
united
Upper &
Lower Egypt?
Menes
Egypt Quiz
 What purpose
were
did pyramids
pharaohs more
serve?
powerful than
Tombs for
kings in
Mesopotamia? pharaohs so they
could reign in
Pharaohs were
afterlife
kings, gods, &
religious leaders
 Why
Egypt Quiz
 How
is Egypt  How is Egypt
similar to
different from
Mesopotamia? Mesopotamia?