Transcript Geography and Early Egypt Chapter 11, Section 1

Geography and Early Egypt
Chapter 11, Section 1
The Nile
• Egypt’s “Gift”
• Longest river in the
world
• Southern region-Upper
Egypt
• Northern region-Lower
Egypt
The Nile
• Floods-Coated land with
fertile silt
Two Kingdoms
• Hunter-Gatherers
settled more than
12,000 years ago
• Learned to farm
• 4,500 BC farmers lived
in small villages
Two Kingdoms
• 3200 BC villages grew
and formed two
kingdoms
Two Kingdoms
• Lower Egypt
• Capital city—Pe
• Red crown
Two Kingdoms
• Upper Egypt
• Capital city-Nekhen
• White crown
United Kingdoms
• 3100 BC Menes rose to
power in Upper Egypt
United Kingdoms
• Menes sent armies to
control Lower Egypt
• Menes became first
pharaoh of Egypt
United Kingdoms
• Egypt’s first dynasty
• Pharaoh means “great
house”
• New Capital—Memphis
• Theocracy
Ancient temple at Memphis