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CHAPTER 11
Ancient Egypt
THE GIFT OF THE NILE
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NAMED BY HERODATUS
SUPPLIES:
WATER
TRANSPORTATION
FOOD (FISHING, FARMING)
THE NILE
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LONGEST river in the world
Amazon is the LARGEST
UPPER VS LOWER EGYPT
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UPPER= SOUTH
LOWER= NORTH
HUH?
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The Nile flows from highlands, so it flows
“down hill”
Upper= up river toward it’s source
Lower= down river toward Med.Sea
WELLPROTECTED
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DESERTS
CATARACTS
FARMING
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SILT LEADS TO FERTILE SOIL
FERTILE SOIL LEADS TO MORE CROPS
CONTROLLED FLOODING LEADS TO
MORE CROPS
MORE CROPS LEADS TO A _______?
A SURPLUS LEADS TO MORE TIME TO
DO THINGS WHICH LEADS TO _______?
TWO KINGDOMS
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SEPARATED BY
GEOGRAPHY
LOWER- RED CROWN
UPPER- WHITE CROWN
MENES
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COMBINED BOTH KINGDOMS
WORE BOTH CROWNS
FIRST PHARAOH
MEANS “GREAT HOUSE”
FIRST DYNASTY
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LED FOR 200 YEARS
THEOCRACY
RULED BY RELIGIOUS LEADER
(PHARAOH)