Geography
- Egyptian life is centered around the Nile River
- Nile water is used for drinking, irrigating, bathing, and for transportation
- Nile floods every July
- Leaves behind rich soil in October
- The delta is a broad, marshy triangular area of fertile silt
Pyramids
- The Great Sphinx of Giza (built 2555-2532 BC)
- A lion with a human's head
- Oldest monumental statue in the world
Daily Life
- Slaves/servants helped the wealthy with household and child raising duties
- Raised wheat, barley, lentils, and onions - benefited from irrigation of the Nile
- Artisans would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife
- Money/barter system was used - merchants might accept bags of grain for payment - coinage came later
- Scribes kept records, told stories, wrote poetry, described anatomy, and medical treatments
- They wrote in hieroglyphs and in hieratic
- soldiers used wooden weapons with bronze tips
- Upper class, known as the "white kilt class" priests, physicians, engineers
Pharaohs
- The religious and political leader of the Egyptian people, holding the titles: Lord of Two Lands and High Priest of Every Temple
- He owned all land, made laws, collected taxes, and defended Egypt against foreigners
- Hatshepsut was a woman who served as a pharaoh
- Cleopatra VII also served as a pharaoh
Gods and Goddesses
- over 2000 gods and goddesses
- they "controlled" the lives of humans
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