Download The Old Kingdom

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DO NOW!!!
MONDAY, OCTOBER 3RD, 2016
1 1. Sit down at your assigned desk.
2. Get out your Social Studies notebook and a pencil.
3. Clear everything else off your desk.
4. Begin working on your bell ringer
5. DO NOT TALK!!!
2 Directions: On your own sheet of paper, answer the following questions in complete sentences.
1. What were the two regions that made up ancient Egypt?
2. Why was the Nile Delta well suited for settlement?
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THE OLD KINGDOM
Early Egyptian Society
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RULE BY PHARAOHS
vContinued to develop political system where pharaoh was both king and god.
vBelieved that Egypt belonged to the gods and Pharaoh was there to manage it.
vPharaoh had absolute power
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RULE BY PHARAOHS
vMost famous pharaoh of Old Kingdom was Khufu
vLegend says he was cruel.
vBut records tell us that the people who worked for him were well fed.
vBest known for monuments built to him.
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EGYPT AND ITS NEIGHBORS
vEgypt was well protected by its geography but not completely isolated.
vEgypt traded with its neighbors.
vTraders returned from Nubia with gold, ivory, slaves, and stone.
vThey acquired incense and myrrh from Punt. (Used to make perfume)
v Traded Syrians for wood.
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DO NOW!!!
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4TH , 2016
1 1. Sit down at your assigned desk.
2. Get out your Social Studies notebook and a pencil.
3. Clear everything else off your desk.
4. Begin working on your bell ringer
5. DO NOT TALK!!!
2 Directions: On your own sheet of paper, answer the following prompt in 3 to 5 complete sentences.
(paragraph form)
1. Explain how the geography of Egypt kept them well protected.
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RELIGION AND EGYPTIAN LIFE
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THE GODS OF EGYPT
vEgyptians practiced polytheism.
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Egyptians practiced polytheism.
vEveryone expected to worship same gods but how they worshiped differed from one region to
another.
vBuilt temples to the gods all over the kingdom.
vOver time, certain cities became worship centers for certain gods.
vIn Memphis people prayed to Ptah, the creator of the world.
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THE GODS OF EGYPT
vRa, or Amon-Ra: the sun god
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vOsiris: the god of the underworld
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vIsis: the goddess of magic
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vHorus: a sky god, god of the pharaohs
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EMPHASIS ON THE AFTERLIFE
vMuch of Egyptian religion focused on the afterlife.
vLife after death.
vStemmed from idea of ka.
vA person’s life forces
vAfter death, the ka left the body and became a spirit but remained linked to the body and could
not leave its burial site.
vThe ka had same needs as a living person which is why tombs were filled with objects for the
afterlife.
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BURIAL PRACTICES
vTo keep the ka from suffering Egyptians developed a method called embalming.
vEmbalming allowed bodies to be preserved for many, many years
vEmbalming allowed their bodies to become mummies (specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth)
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BURIAL PRACTICES
vEmbalming was a complex process.
vTook several weeks
vWhen finished bodies were wrapped in linen cloths and bandages.
vOnly royalty and Egypt’s elite (people of wealth) could afford to have mummies made.
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THE PYRAMIDS
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THE PYRAMIDS
vPyramid- huge stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls that met in a point on top.
vBegan building during Old Kingdom.
vAmazing feats of engineering (the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes).
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