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AGENDA 9/9/13
1. Collect Test Repairs - on black rolling cart
A. Answer sheets on top of corrections in one pile
B. Copies of Test in another pile
2. Vocabulary section 1 (pg 63)
3. Short Ppt
4. Vocabulary builder
NILE CIVILIZATIONS
CHAPTER 3
GEOGRAPHY OF EGYPT
• Nile – predictable flooding left rich black silt
• Delta – area at mouth of river
• Natural Defenses
• Sahara desert – prevented people from invading
• Cataracts – rocky patches of Nile river
DRAW THIS GRAPHIC ORG – RECORD
ANY KEY EVENTS
Old Kingdom
1. Pyramids
2. Government
3. Decline -
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Leadership
Trade
Military –
Decline
1.Trade
2. Religion –
3. Decline -
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
OLD KINGDOM
• Pyramids- tombs for Egyptian rulers
• Gov’t – 1. Theocracy
2. Pharaoh - word was “law”; God
3. Bureaucracy – highly structured org w/ officials
-vizier, census, irrigation specialists, etc
MIDDLE KINGDOM
• 1. Strong leadership
• Prosperous – mainly because of trade (however
unsafe)
• Decline – fell after Hyksos invasion of 1650 BCE
NEW KINGDOM
• Hyksos rule
• Powerful military
• Increased land to create “buffer”
• Hatshepsut – only woman pharaoh
• Increased trade
• Monotheistic – Aten – “sun god”
• Declined – foreign invasions
BELL RINGER 9/11
• Why is the Egyptian kingdom technically a
theocracy?
RAMSES THE GREAT
• Ramses II - last of the great Egyptian pharaohs
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Ruled for 60 years
Threatened by the Hittites
Came to truce by marrying Hittite princess
Built more monuments/temples than any other pharaoh
• No pharaoh admired more
EGYPTIAN RELIGION
• Obelisks – Egyptian temples
• Gods:
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Amon-Re – sun god
Anubis – protector of the dead
Osiris, Isis, Horus – Osiris new protector of dead
Mummification – only kings and members of royal family
could be for a time; later opened to everyone
DAILY LIFE
• By yourself:
• Read pages 76 “Daily Life” through “Art, Writing and
Science”
• Make the categories:
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Social Structure
Home and Family Life
Women and Children
Appearance and Customs
• Write down two to three key pieces of information that appears
in this section.
• Do NOT write in complete sentences.
AGENDA
• Bell Ringer
• Who was the only Egyptian woman pharaoh?
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A. Cleopatra
B. Medes
C. Ramses
D. Hatshepsut
• Take out your social structure, home/family life,
women and children notes
• Go over Vocabulary Builder 1 and 2
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
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Pharaoh and Family
Gov’t officials, priests, scribes,
military leaders, dr’s, landowners
Artisans, craftspeople, merchants
Peasant farmers – 90%
HOME AND FAMILY LIFE
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Pharaohs married sisters often (usually polygamous)
Commoners monogamous
Father = head of house
Tiny huts
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
• Egyptian women had more rights than most ancient
civs
• Priestesses
• Create wills
• Divorce husbands
• Children – boys learned trades
APPEARANCE
• Shaved heads/wore wigs
• Linen and wool clothing
• Children = no clothes
LEISURELY ACTIVITIES
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Wrestling
Javelin
dancing
Swam
Fish
Board games
NUBIAN KINGDOM
KUSH
LANDS
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South of Egypt along Nile
Farming difficult (rocky mtns)
Gold, granite, precious stones
Good trade
• Upper Nubia and Lower Nubia
KUSHITE KINGDOM
• Conquered by Egyptians (MK)
• Adopted elements of Egyptian Culture
1700 BCE 
1550 BCE 
1100 BCE 
750 BCE
Alliance w/
Hysksos
Egypt
conquered
Kush free
but weak
Piankhi – Kush
leader
PIANKHI
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750 BCE attacked and conquered Memphis
Controlled all Egypt – united Egypt/Kush
Became pharaoh (25th dynasty)
2 periods
• 1. Napata – 1st capital
• 2. Meroe – 2nd capital
KUSHITE CULTURE
• Guardians of Egyptian tradition - odd???
• Mummies in pyramids
• Hieroglyphics
• Smelting – heating iron ore to create iron.
AGENDA 9/16
• Complete these as one assignment:
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Pg 88 Review Key Terms and People (`1-11)
Pg 70 – 1a, 2abc, 4a
Pg 79 – 1b, 2b , 3a, 4a
Pg 85 – 1a, 1c , 2ab , 3ab
• You don’t need to write out the questions
• www.coachbblack.weebly.com
• Bell Ringer – “What was the Kushite kingdom good
for? What couldn’t they do?”
TEST TODAY
• 1. assignments:
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary Builders 1-2
Chapter Reviews 1-3
Key terms and people 1-11
• Make sure your name is on all assignments
• Create FOUR piles on the black rolling cart
• Pick up Chapter 4 Assignment sheet on my desk
2. Clear your desk
3. Do not write on the test, just the answer sheet
4. When you’re done with your test, begin on your vocabulary
for the chapter (cornell style)
DECLINE
• 670 BCE
• Assyrians attacked
• Why might the Assyrians be better equipped for
battle?