Thursday, February 19, 2015

Egypt Class Notes #1

We went through the presentation that we had to take notes on for snow day. Here are the notes we went through today.

Pharaohs: The political and religious leader of the Egyptian people, holding titles: ‘Lord of the Two lands’ and ‘High Priest of Every Temple’

Egyptian life is centered around the Nile River
River flows from South to North

Water for drinking, for irrigating, for bathing, and for transportation

Every July floods

Every October it leaves behind rich soil

the delta is a broad, marshy triangular area of fertile silt

managing the river required technological breakthrough in irrigation

The Great Sphinx of Gi:  built 2555 - 2532 BC. A recumbent lion with a human’s head. It is the oldest monumental state in the world.

Video: 1802 AD: youngest son of  Haroon al asheed set camp at the base of Keyups. He came with great army with warriors, 100s of stone maisons, engineers, and architects. His quest was to find the Pharaohs treasure.

Classes:
Pharaoh
Government Officials - Nobles, Priests
Soldiers
Scribes
Merchants
Artisans
FarmersSlaves and Servants

Slaves/Servants helped the wealthy with household and child raising duties

raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions - benefitted from irrigation of the Bile

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