WHIST 2.1 - Rise of Egypt

​The Rise of Egypt

pages 22-2

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Match the following!

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• family of rulers whose power is passed down

• Pharaoh

• bureaucracy

• hieroglyphs

Dynasty

"great house" - name given to ruler of Egypt

administrative organization of officials with regular procedures

"priest-carvings"; earliest form of Egyptian writing

simplified Egyptian alphabet; used for business & government

• Dynasty

• "great house" - name given to ruler of Egypt

• administrative organization of officials with regular procedures

• "priest-carvings"; earliest form of Egyptian writing

• simplified Egyptian alphabet; used for business & government

• ​Dynasty

• Pharaoh

• Bureaucracy

• Hieroglyphics

• ​Hieratic Script

Content

• Major

• Physical​

Academic

​Vocabulary

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• How does geography influence a civilization?

• How did Egypt change over time?

• Where do we see elements of our lives today in ancient Egyptian society?​

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Essential Questions

Ramses II had red hair!

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​Geography

• ​Nile Delta (Lower Egypt)​

• ​Nile River Valley (Upper Egypt)

• Predictable, annual floods

• "Loess" - rich alluvial soil

• allowed for high-yield agriculture

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The "Miracle of the Nile"

1. Red Sea

2. Seven Cataracts (rapids)

3. Eastern Desert

4. Western Desert

5. Mediterranian Sea​

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Fortress Egypt

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1 - Red Sea 2 - Seven Cataracts

3 - Eastern Desert 4 - Western Desert

5 - Mediterranian Sea

• ​Geography influenced religion

• Polytheistic

• Pharoah was semi-divine​ (Son of Re)

​Religion

​Egyptian

Kingdoms

• Old - 2700-2200 BC

• Middle - 2055 -1650 BC

• New​ 1550 -1070 BC (we will be studying this kingdom later...)

• Age of Legend

• "Pharoah" - "Great House"

  • Considered to be divine

  • held absolute power

• bureaucratic system created​

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The Old Kingdom

(2700 BC - 2200 BC)

• main feature of "Cities of the Dead"

• housed the bodies of mummified Pharaohs​

• Mummification is a means of preserving the body for the afterlife​

• Civil War and weak Pharaohs ended the Old Kingdom​

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Khufu Pyramid (2540 BC)

Age of Pyramids

13 acres

each side is 756 ft

481 feet tall​

Housed mummified body and treasure of Khufu

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The Sphinx​

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Khufu's Pyramid @ Giza

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• ​​emerges from 150 years of unrest

• New, powerful, and aggressive leadership

• Conquers Nubia

• they built string of frontier forts

• sent traders to Kush, Syria, Mesopotamia, Crete​

• Pharaohs are more human and approachable​

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The Middle Kingdom

(2055 -1650 BC)

• land owned by Pharoah but managed by nobles

• peasants and slaves made up the largest segment

• Upward mobility WAS possible​

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​Social Structure

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• everyone paid taxes; peasants owed labor every year

• Marriages arranged at 14 for boys, 12 for girls

• Men were head of family but women could - and did - own property​

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Egyptian Family Life

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hieroglyphs - "priest writing"

Hieratic Script - simplified and quicker​

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Hieroglpyhs and Hieretic Script