Download Egypt and the Nile River Valley

Egypt and the Nile River Valley
I.
Geography
a. River valley in middle of desert =>
b. Nile river over _______ miles long =>
c. Traveling the Nile =>
d. “Upper” & “Lower” Egypt: Upper is _________________ and lower is __________________
e. Nile Delta =>
II.
Egyptian Culture
a. Social Structures
i. Very stratified social hierarchy (draw and label social pyramid)
ii. Social mobility, up or down, was _________________ in Egyptian society
iii. Women in Egyptian society =>
b. Technology
i. Hieroglyphics =>
ii. Calendar =>
iii. Mathematics
1. Excellent at _____________________
2. Very skillful …
iv. Medicine
1. Doctors would take ________________ and set ________________
2. Actually performed successful _________________________________!
c. Religion
i. After 3100 BC, pharaoh …
ii. Also worshipped ________________+ gods / goddesses =>
iii. Egyptians believed in an ____________________
1. Eternal life . . .
2. Practice of mummification for royal, elite dead
a. Embalm . . .
b. Remove . . .
c. Wrap in wax cloth bandages, then . . .
iv. Buried pharaohs in _______________ or _________________
III.
Early history / Unification of Egypt
a. People settled along Nile River . . .
b. River allowed . . .
c. King Narmer, circa 3100 BC
i. Legendary king who . . .
ii. Established _____________________ state
iii. Earliest . . .
iv. Two crowns of Egypt represented Upper and Lower Egypt
1. Upper Egypt = _____________ crown
2. Lower Egypt = ____________ crown
IV.
Dynasties of Egyptian Pharaohs
a. Early Dynastic Period (1st to 3rd Dynasties) (2950 to 2575 BC)
i. Highly organized society =>
ii. First ___________ ___________________ built
b. Old Kingdom (4th to 8th Dynasties) (2660 to 2180 BC)
i. Primary pyramid building time =>
ii. Hieroglyphics …
iii. Many characteristics of …
c. First Intermediate Period (9th to 11th Dynasties) (2175 to 1975 BC)
i. State …
ii. Rival Egyptians …
d. Middle Kingdom (11th to 14th Dynasties) (1975 to 1640 BC)
i. Egyptian state _________________ under strong pharaohs
ii. Egypt conquered ________________ =>
iii. Classical period of …
e. Second Intermediate Period (15th to 17th Dynasties) (1630 to 1520 BC)
i. Hyksos (_________________________________ tribe from Palestine) invaded lower Egypt
1. New tech used against Egyptians =>
2. Hyksos were . . .
ii. Dynasties continued …
f. New Kingdom (18th to 20th Dynasties) (1539 to 1075 BC)
i. Egypt overthrew Hyksos in long war
ii. Egypt became an empire =>
iii. Pharaohs were typically ____________________, not priests
iv. Anti-foreigner movement very strong =>
g. Third Intermediate Period (21st to 25th Dynasties) (1075 to 715 BC)
i. “___________ ____________________” invaded through Palestine
ii. __________________ conquered Egypt
h. Late Period (26th to 30th Dynasties) (715 to 332 BC)
i. Egypt conquered by foreign powers =>
ii. Egypt finally became independent (404-332 BC)
i. Greco-Roman Period (332 BC – 395 AD)
i. Conquered by Alexander the Great =>
ii. Romans take over after ________ BC =>
iii. Rosetta Stone carved in ___________