Transcript Egypt Standard 6-1.4

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The ancient Egyptians enjoyed many natural barriers.
There were deserts to the east and west of the Nile River,
and mountains to the south. This isolated the ancient
Egyptians and allowed them to develop a truly distinctive
culture.
 Other natural barriers included
the Mediterranean Sea to the
north and the Red Sea to the east.
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The Nile is the world's longest river.
It is over 4000 miles long!
It is shaped like the lotus flower so often seen in ancient
Egyptian art.
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Each spring, water would run off the
mountains and the Nile would flood.
As the flood waters receded, black rich fertile
soil was left behind.
The ancient Egyptians called this rich soil
‘The Gift of the Nile.’
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Fertile soil for crops (silt) was not the Nile's only gift.
The Nile gave the ancient Egyptians many gifts.
Thanks to the Nile, these ancient people had fresh water for drinking
and bathing.
The Nile supported transportation and trade.
It provided materials for building, for making cloth for clothes, and
even for making paper - made from the wild papyrus weed, that grew
along the shores of the Nile.
Streamlines:
The Gift of the Nile
Farming Along the Nile
Papyrus
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What are three ways the Nile River was
important and useful to the ancient Egyptians?
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What was the purpose and importance of the
pyramids?
Took many years to
build
 Some are still standing
 Served as tombs for
Pharaohs
 Pharaohs were buried
with riches to use in the
‘after life’
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Read the handout with your partner. Answer
the following questions. We will have a group
share, so be ready!
1. What was the PURPOSE of a pyramid?
2. What was the purpose of the painted ‘fake
doors’?
3. Why did pyramids have to be guarded?
4. Why did the pyramids ‘fall out of style’?
5. List 5 interesting things you learned from
this reading.
Pyramids of Egypt
 A segment of Elementary Video
Adventures: Ancient Times
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How did the social order show power in
ancient Egypt?
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The population was made up mostly of what
group of people?
The pharaoh considered him/herself to be a
what?
What was the role of the Vizier?
Why was the scribe’s role so important?
Do you find any irony in the placement of the
farmers within the social order?
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How was the government structured in
ancient Egypt?
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The most powerful
person in Egypt was
the king and
occasionally the
queen. The king was
known as the
Pharaoh. This is an
Egyptian word
meaning ‘great house’.
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Was the political leader.
He owned all the land in
Egypt.
He made the laws.
He collected the taxes.
The pharaoh could lead his
people into war if Egypt was
attacked or if he wanted to
expand his power.
He was also the religious
leader.
He was the ‘High Priest of
Every Temple’.
He represented the gods on
earth.
He performed rituals and
built temples.
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In order to govern the
whole country, the
pharaoh had many
officials.
There were royal officers
and sheriffs in every
Egyptian town who
made sure that everyone
paid their taxes and
obeyed the Pharaoh.
The most important
official was the
pharaoh’s vizier.
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Egyptian Pharaohs
 How did the ancient Egyptians
communicate?
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How do we know so much about the Egyptians?
Because they LOVED to write!!!!!!!
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Egyptians wrote laws, trade records, ruling family
information, and myths and legends using
hieroglyphics.
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Over 5000 years ago, the ancient Egyptians wrote things
down using a picture writing called hieroglyphics.
The people who did the actual writing were called scribes.
The ancient Egyptians believed that it was important to
record and communicate information about religion and
government.
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Hieroglyphics
Streamline: Hieroglyphics
 How did trade effect the ancient
Egyptians?
The ancient Egyptians were wonderful traders.
They traded gold, papyrus, linen, and grain for
cedar wood, ebony, copper, iron, ivory, and lapis
lazuli (a lovely blue gem stone.)
 Ships sailed up and down the Nile River, bringing
goods to ports.
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Once goods were unloaded, goods were hauled to
various merchants by camel, cart, and on foot.
 Egyptians traders met traders from other civilizations
just beyond the mouth of the Nile, to trade for goods.
 The Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea were also
used in trade.
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Nile
Pharaoh
Pyramid
Hieroglyphics
Natural Barriers
Papyrus
Crops/food
Power
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Vizier
Africa
Scribe
Farmers
Mediterranean Sea
Tombs
Silt
GOD