Last7MinutesofEachClassPeriod:ReflectonwhatyoulearnedtodayaboutEgyptandthesix

keypiecesthatmakeitacivilization
Piece1:Geography:The
landpeoplesettledon

:
Egypt,desert,difficult
:
ancient

Egyptians,NileRiver,near
:
NileRiver,ancientEgyptians,water,fertileland,crops
:
topography,NileRiver,ancientEgyptians,plains
:
Vegetation,Papyrus,NileRiver
:
Papyrus,Egyptians,Paper,Rope

The
Egyptians
livedinthe
desert
butitwas
difficult
inthedesert
becauseitwashotanddryandhadnotalotofwatertofarm.
Ancient
Egyptians
,were
near
the
Nileriver
wheretheycangetwater.The
NileRiver
provedthe
AncientEgyptianswater,
and
fertileland
to
crop.Topography
wastheshapeofthelandthe
AncientEgyptians
chosethe
plains.
The
NileRiver
had
Vegetation,Vegetation
was
importanttotheEgyptiansbecausetheEgyptianscanmake
medicine.
Papyrus
wasimportantto
Egyptians
becausewithpapyrus
youcanmake
paperandrope
andwiththeropeyoucanpullthe
blockofstonetomakethepyramids.

Piece2:SocialStructure:
Differentjobsfordifferent
people

InEgyptthe
archeologist
have
found
over
eighty
pyramidsthat
havebeencreatedbythe
AncientEgyptians
.Whenthe
Ancient
Egyptiansbuilt
the
pyramids
theyputed
pharaoh
in
tomb
insidethe
pyramidsothatthepharaohgoestothe
afterlife.
Ittookabout
10,000speople
tobuildthe
pyramids
peoplewerehonoredtobuild
thepyramidbecausetheythoughtthegodwouldbeproudof
them.The
Viziers
job

wasto
constructionadvisories
forthe
pharaoh.AncientEgypt
hadmanypeople
working
like
Scribes,Stonework,
and
Architects.
The
mostdifficult
jobsin
Egyptare
farmers
and
stoneworkers.
.

Piece3:Religion:godsor
god

The
AncientEgyptian
werepolytheticthatmeanttheybelievedin
manygods
oneofthegodsthatthe
AncientEgyptians
believedin
wasRaTheSungodandmostpowerfulofallgods.Whenthe
Egyptian

built
thepyramidsand
temples
thepeoplewerehonoredto
becausetheythoughtthegodswouldbeproudofthem.
Egyptians
also
believed
inanother
life
thatotherlifewaswhenpeopleare
death
andtheEgyptiansthoughtthat
mummification
wouldletthe
persongotothenextlifebuttheyhadto
practiceafter
theyhadalot
ofpracticingtheypreservedthebody.Thereasonthatthe
Ancient
Egyptiansbuiltpyramids
wasfor
tombs
toput
pharaohs
in.
Pharaoh
talkedtothegodforourbehavealsothe
pharaoh
wereable
togotothe
afterlife
thereasonthatthepharaohwereabletotalkto
thegodinthe
heavens
wasbecauseofthe
pyramid
becausethey
pyramidshada
toppointed
sotheycancommunicatewiththegods.

Piece4:Government:rules
InEgypttheonethathasthemost
power
andmakesormadeall
orlaws
the
laws
isthepharaoh.Thepharaohhadthreegroupsofpeoplethat
workedforhim.First,groupthatworkedforhimwasthe
priest
the
priest
areagroupofpeoplewhoprayedtothegodsandpracticed
religiousceremonies.Second,groupthatworkedforthepharaohwas
the
viziers
the
viziers
jobwasto

constructadvisorsforthe
pharaoh.Final,groupthatthepharaohhadworkingforhimwasthe
militaryleaderthemilitaryleaderswastheonewholeadthe
soldiers
ofthepharaoh.

Piece5:Economy:Trading TheNileriverhelpedtheEgyptiantradeandmove
orbuyingandselling
resources.Egypthadmanynaturalresourceslikelimestone,granite,
goods
andgoldtohelpbuildpyramids.Thepyramidswerebuiltinnorthern
Egypt,soEgyptiansmerchantshadtomovegoldandgraniteforthe
pyramidsbyboatupthenileriver.Thenileriverhelpedegyptians
movegoodsfaster,andhelpthemavoidmovingresourcesthrough
thedesert.
Piece6:Culture:the
valuesthatpeoplehave

AncientEgyptiansbelieved
in
lifeafterdeath.
The
Ancient
Egyptiansmummifiedbodies
theyhadtodoitrightsoitdoesn't
fall
apart.Egyptiansbelievedmummificationallowed
the
body
togo
tothe
afterlife.Pyramids
wereusedfor
tombs
the
tombs
wereused
forthe
pharaohsbody
sothe
pharaohsbody
cangotothe
afterlife
buildersbuildedsecuritysystemsto
protect
the
pharaohs
valuablesfromrobbersthatwantedit.
Egyptianscreated
a
writing
system
the
writingsystem
wascalled
Hieroglyphic.People
used
Hieroglyphic,Hieroglphic
was
pictures
andtherewerethese
objects
oneofthe
objects
was
animals.
Some
hieroglyphs
that
archaeologist
found
werewrittenonthe
pyramid
.