Download Q1. Make a timeline from 3000BC to 30AD. Illustrate your timeline

Q1. Make a timeline from 3000BC to 30AD. Illustrate your timeline with information.
3500 BC
Early settlers in the Nile valley
3000 BC
2700 BC
First stone pyramid built
2600 BC
Pyramid of Giza built
2500 BC
2200 BC
Many pharaohs ruled Egypt
1500 BC
Queen Hatshepsut became pharaoh
1400 BC
King Tutankhamun became pharaoh
1300 BC
1200 BC
Ramesses fought the battle of Kadesh
1100 BC
Egypt split upper and lower
1000 BC
800 BC
Egypt conquered by Assyrians, Persians, Alexander and Ptolemy
300 BC
200 BC
Rosetta stone carved
100 BC
30 AD
Cleopatra died
Q2. Compare what life was like in Egypt four and a half thousand years ago to what life was like in
Northern Europe?
In Egypt they invented a form of writing called hieroglyphics and they wrote on a paper made from a
plant known as papyrus. They cut the plant and made strips of them and then they put a cloth over
it. They wrote with reed pens. Egyptians wore cotton clothes and liked wearing necklaces, gold and
other jewellery. They used to make pottery on a wheel and baked it till it was very hard. They built
houses with bricks and stones and they even built very big structures like the pyramids. They also
had the knowledge of using metals.
In the Northern Europe they used to make very bad pottery and baked it in less heat. They did not
use writing but they liked painting pictures. They made tools from stone. Houses were often made
out of wood.
Q4. Draw or find a map and colour the map showing the position of Egypt and Northern Europe.
Q4. Write the two main tributaries of the river Nile, the length of the river Nile, the difference
between the river in summer and winter .How have Egyptians used the river to irrigate the land?
The length of the river Nile is 4175 miles long. The two main tributaries of the river Nile is the Blue
Nile which originates from Ethiopia and gets the name from the colour of the water it is carrying.
The White Nile originates from Rwanda and both rivers flow into the Meditarranean sea. In summer
the river floods the farm land usually from June to September and this season is known as Akhet,
after that from October onwards the flood water decrease leaving behind a black fertile soil which is
used to grow crops and this season is called Peret and the harvesting season is called Shemu from
March to May .
Q5. Can you insert any images of the river Nile?
Q6. Who discovered King Tutankhamen’s tomb, what did he find in there and what does this tell us
about ancient Egypt?
A man called Howard Carter, an archaeologist along with a man called Carnarvon and his wife found
King Tutankhamen’s tomb. In the year 1922, when they were looking for King Tutankhamen’s tomb a
boy who delivered water to the thirsty labourers accidentally tripped on a stone. They cleared the
sand around the stone and they saw steps leading to a tomb which they realised belonged to a royal
pharaoh because they saw a royal stamp on the door of the tomb. They made a hole on the door of
the tomb and inside the tomb Carter could see gold and silver and Carnarvon asked him “Can you
see anything” and all he could manage to say was “Yes wonderful things”. All this was intact for
above 3000 years. All this shows that ancient Egyptians had the knowledge to preserve things. They
preserved the bodies by mummifying them. They were also very wealthy because in the tomb they
found gold and many other very precious stuff. This shows that they were an advanced civilization.
Insert images on this.
Q7. Find out about the pharaohs, when did they rule, were they good rulers and kind to their
people?
The Egyptians considered pharaohs as the son of god. The pharaohs ruled from 2200 BC and they
were very kind to their people for example Queen Hatshepsut ruled for twenty years very
successfully and brought out many projects to the people and the whole place was very wealthy.
People were very happy and peaceful.
Q8. Find out about how the Egyptians grew or made food? Was the river Nile important to the
production of food?
When the soil was fertile after the floods dried in summer, they grew grains like wheat and barley
after harvesting that they grew vegetables like onion, cabbage and many other vegetables. With the
grains they made bread. To make bread they take out grains from the emmer using a mortar and a
pestle and then a stone is rolled over the grain to make nice flour. Then they mix flour and water to
make the fine dough and the dough will be baked in a cone shaped oven. The river Nile was very
important for the production food because it gave them a lot of water to make the food, to drink, to
transport materials etc.
Q9. Find out about the pyramids. How were they made? Where did the stone come from? These
were amazing buildings. People in Northern Europe were not building structures like this. Do you
think that Egyptian society was advance for its time?
Pyramids can be seen even now in Egypt they were built 4500 years ago. Some pharaohs were
buried in pyramids and they took years to build them. The biggest pyramid is the Great Pyramid of
Cheops. It took twenty years to build it. Egyptians believed that if the pharaoh was buried in a
pyramid they will live forever. To build it they see the direction of North. Then the stone is quarried.
Then they mark out the site of the pyramid. They use levers to put all the stones in the desired place.
To take the stone to the needed height they make big ramps and all of them help for dragging the
stone up to the needed height. The Egyptian society was very advance for its time.
Q10. Find out about Egyptian writing. Was the river Nile important to growing anything that would
help in writing? What are Hieroglyphics?
The Nile river helped them grow the papyrus plant in the Nile delta. They would cut the plant and
then make strips out of them then they would put a cloth over it and they write on that. They write
with reed pens. The Egyptians invented a form of writing called Hieroglyphics. There was a eleven
year old boy named Jean Francois Champollion and he was shown some Hieroglyphics and he
decided that he would work out what they meant. In some years he found out what the symbols
meant. He was very happy that he found out what the symbols meant.