Transcript Geography and ancient egypt

By Alyssa Branning
Logan Bush
Tyler Reed
Travis Nunn
Nile River is 4000 miles long
 Southern Egypt is called upper because it is
located up river
 Northern Egypt is called lower because it’s
located downriver
 Cataracts are strong rapids located at some
points along the Nile
 The Nile is divided into branches called a delta
or a triangle shaped area of land made of soil
deposited by a river
 Swamps and marshes used to cover the Nile
delta
 Two thirds of Egypt's fertile farmland are
located along the Nile delta
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had a flood along the Nile once a year
from rainfall
 The floods of the Nile were easy to predict
 Upper Egypt flooded in midsummer and
lower Egypt flooded in the fall covering land
with rich silt
 The silt made the farmland a dark color and
that’s why its known as the black land
 The floods were a miracle, if Egypt didn’t
have them they couldn’t have settled there
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Hunter gather groups moved to the Nile valley more
than 12000 years ago
They ate plants , wild animals, and fish
Farmers in Mesopotamia developed irrigation systems
and they built canals to use in the dry months and to
transport it to were it was needed
The Nile provided Egyptian farmers with their food
Egypt was hard to invade because of the desert was
to harsh and too big
The Red Sea also made it difficult to invade Egypt
By 3200 B.C the villages had developed into two
kingdoms
One was upper Egypt the other lower Egypt
The king of lower Egypt ruled from a town called
Pe
 He wore a red crown to symbolize his authority
 The capital of upper Egypt was Nekhen
 The king had a cone shaped white crown
 Menes rose to power in upper Egypt in 3100 B.C
 He wanted to unify upper and lower Egypt
 Menes took control of lower Egypt; he married
the princess of lower Egypt to strengthen his
control
 He combined the white and red crowns
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Pharaoh was the title used by Egypt's rulers
(Menes was considered the first)
 Dynasty is a series of rulers from the same family
( Menes founded the first dynasty)
 Menes built a capital called Memphis it was the
center of Egypt political and cultural wise (many
government offices were there and artistic
activity)
 The first dynasty lasted about 200years
 Rivals appeared and took over; becoming the
second dynasty
 Pharaohs after Menes wore the double crown and
they extended Egypt upward along the Nile and
into southwest Asia
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