Transcript Ancient Egyptian Civilization

Ancient Egyptian
Civilization
Social Studies
The Big Picture
 Not only was Egypt growing, other
civilizations were also growing.
 Nubia (to the south) was thriving due to
gold mines and trade networks.
New Rulers
 The Middle Kingdom
 Contact with the rest of the world
increased
 The pharaoh’s armies conquered kingdoms
in Nubia.
 Egyptian traders increased their businesses
with cities in Western Asia
 People began moving.
Hyksos
 Group of people from Asia that came to live in
the delta region of Egypt.
 They were powerful enough to challenge the
pharaoh.
 100 years- ruled Lower Egypt
 Used horses, chariots, strong bronze weapons,
and bows and arrows to defeat armies
 Egyptian leaders at Thebes continued to
control Upper Egypt
Learning from their
mistakes…..
 Even though Egyptians were defeated by the
Hyksos, they learned from this war.
 1550 B.C. Egypt rallied behind Pharaoh
Ahmose.
 With weapons and chariots copied from
Hyksos, Egyptians took back the delta.
 Defeat began the New Kingdom.
 Set out to have the strongest military in this
part of the world.
Expansion and Trade
 Egypt becomes an EMPIRE
 Group of lands and people ruled by one
government
 Nile was still important, but not the only
source for the economy
 Egypt had valuable resources from
conquered lands
New Kingdom Traders
 Ships loaded with jewelry, linen cloth,
and papyrus sailed to what is today
Lebanon and Syria.
 Ships returned carrying silver, timber, and
wine
 Remains of oil jars and paintings from
what is today Greece have been found in
Lower Egypt.
KUSH
 KUSH- conquered by Egypt with Nubia
 Very wealthy and controlled rich trade
routes to other African kingdoms
 Traded ebony, leopard skins, and
elephant ivory
 Also owned reserves of gold, copper, and
precious stones
Hatshepsut
 One of the few female pharaohs
 Princess and wife of a pharaoh
 When husband died, young stepson was
to become pharaoh. However,
Hatshepsut proclaimed the 10 year ols
was too young!
 She became his co-ruler.
Hatshepsut’s Trading
Journey
 8 years into her reign
 Organized the biggest trading expedition
ever
 Expedition-Group of people who go on a
trip for a specific reason
 Goal was to trade with Punt
Story of the Journey
 Scribes, soldiers, artists, and attendants set off
east to the Red Sea. From here, five ships
journeyed south.
 The ships were welcomed by the king and
queen of Punt.
 Egypt traded jewelry, papyrus, and bronze
weapons for gold, perfume, ivory, leopard
skins, incense trees, and live apes
The Journey Home
 Scribes recorded exact number of goods
loaded onto each ship.
 WHY?
 Several leaders from Punt joined the
Egyptians on the journey.
 Expedition lasted two years.
Moving Ideas
 Medicine
 Egyptian doctors were actually priests who
learned skills in temple schools
 For thousands of years, priests had noted
different illnesses and injuries and what
worked best for treatment.
 These became the first medical textbooks!
Math and Science
 Egyptians knew a lot about Math!
 Used Math to understand the stars
 Astronomy
Sum It UP
 Egypt has grown in to a rich and powerful
empire!!!
 How did the people in this area live and
how long will this empire last?
 WE WILL SEE!