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Ancient Egypt
Egypt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdtgX9ORiW4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EvTQhqXiEA
• Became an important civilization because of the Nile River
some 6,000 years ago.
• Egypt Natural barriers protect them from invasions.
• Example
• Dessert = west and east
• Red sea = east
• Cataracts = south
• Mediterranean sea = north
Beginnings and settlement
• Ruled by dynasties led by Pharaohs.
• Pharaoh the supreme ruler chosen by the gods to lead his people.
They believed pharaoh = god.
• Type of government Theocracy
• Dynasty – is a succession, or series, or ruler belonging to the same family.
• Believe in the afterlife.
Life after Death
-Egyptians believed in an afterlife of beauty, peace, and contentment.
-Believed their souls would need to use their bodies again, so they
invented a process to embalm or preserved their bodies called mummification.
The bodies were put in a sarcophagus with a mask that would help them recognized their
body in the after life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD9vYBV6ZAY
Egyptian Pyramids
• Egyptian pyramids are tombs built for the Pharaohs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS_K2YIm9Rk
• Pharaohs order the building of pyramids http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/the-egyptian-pyramids
• Pharaoh Khufu – known for being a tyrant(imposed his will) and the building of the Great
Pyramid of Giza http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/the-egyptian-pyramids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_8IJWHvC9Y
• Pharaoh Khafre – order the construction of the Great Sphinx at Giza
http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ancient-egypt/videos/the-great-sphinx-isthe-worlds-oldest-statue
Tutankhamen
• Became pharaoh when he was nine years old. During the year 1350 B.C.
• King Tut died when he was only nineteen years old. No one really knows if he died from
an accident, illness, or his enemies.
• His burial chamber was found by Britain's
Howard Carter in 1922.
It is the single most important tomb discovery because it was found intact.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1s0BI-H5h0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIb97wR6LzQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xv8dCIWi6w
Hieroglyphics, Egyptian writing:
• Consisted of symbols that showed, different things that Egyptians
found around them.
• Only members of the Egyptian nobility could become scribes, or
people who wrote and copied texts.
• The most famous Egyptian writing was the Hieroglyphics
• Used in temples, tombs and other religious buildings.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxztsN84qEc