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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