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Alexander the Great spread Greek thought to many cultures and
countries that he took over. Egypt was one of them.
Egypt is situated in the northeast
corner of Africa. Egypt already
existed for thousands of years
before Alexander the Great came.
They taught wild horses how to be used for work and warfare, and they were
one of the first cultures to learn how to use irrigation from the River to create
a fertile land that could provide food for many people and cultures.
Important!!!!!
The Nile River
flows North.
On both sides of
Egypt, they were
surrounded by
barren, severely
hot desert.
Egypt is part of
Africa. This part
of Africa is a
desert where very
little lives.
This means the
river flows up,
through Egypt
and out to the
Mediterranean
Sea.
The current is
gentle, and easy
to navigate.
A large river called the River Nile flows through the country into the
Mediterranean Sea. The Nile enters Egypt from the Sudan (lower
Africa, pure desert) and flows north for about 960 miles out to the
sea.
What is the name of the River that runs through
Egypt? Answer: The Nile
 Does it run North or South? Answer: North
 What sea does it run into? Answer: The Mediterranean Sea
 What type of River is it? Fast or gentle? Answ: Gentle
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The Ancient Egyptians lived along the banks of the river Nile in Egypt.
Farmers first settled in Egypt along the River Nile around 5000 B.C.
Today, 95 % of Egypt's population still live in the Nile valley (the area
next to the river).
Egypt is mainly made up of hot deserts and receives little rainfall.
Without the River Nile, the area would be entirely desert. All of
Egypt depended on the Nile for water, food and transportation.
The Nile also provided the ancient Egyptians with fertile land
which helped them to grow their crops and raise their animals.
This, they called the “Gift of the Nile”.
Before modern dams were built the river Nile would flood each
year coating the land on either side of the river with thick back
mud. This mud was ideal for growing crops on.
Egypt is made of up deserts with little rain fall.
True or False? Answer: True
 What does the “Gift of the Nile” mean?
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Answer: The Nile River provided transportation, food, water, and the ability to farm. It
empowered Egypt to communicate with other countries and trade. This made Egypt
a good place to live. The River gave the “gift of life” to the Egyptians.
The people in Ancient Egypt divided Egypt into two areas.
The 'red land' was the deserts protecting Egypt on two sides.
These deserts separated ancient Egypt from neighboring countries and invading
armies.
The black land was the fertile land (near the Nile River) where the ancient
Egyptians grew their crops.
Two separate kingdoms (ruled by different kings) developed along the Nile
River.
The kingdom in Upper Egypt was known as the white crown and the kingdom
in Lower Egypt was called the red crown.
In about 3200 B. C. the pharaoh of the north
conquered the south and Egypt became united. The
pharaoh's name was King Narmer or Menes.
Menes built a new capital city called Memphis.
In the Greek language the word Memphis meant
"Balance of the Two Lands."
Almost eight thousand years ago, Egypt was divided into a number of provinces
fighting each other one day and acting as close allies the next day. Very much
like the early Greek
City-States.
This prevailed until the
state achieved stability
as two independent
Kingdoms.
One in Lower Egypt and
the other in upper Egypt.
There were many
attempts to unite the
two Kingdoms. Yet, they all failed. Until King Narmer succeeded in unifying them. This
created a different Egypt in 3100BC. It also began a new era: pharaonic dynasty .
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Was lower Egypt next to the Mediterranean Sea?
Answer: True

When upper and lower Egypt went to war, and
became ONE nation, what city was formed which
meant “balance of the two lands”?
Answer: Memphis
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Why do you think the GREEK word for the“balance
of the two lands” was used. Why Greek? Why use
the Greek word Memphis? Who would have taught
Egyptians the Greek language? Answer: Alexander the Great had
spread the Greek language to ancient Egypt.
With the unification of Upper& Lower
Egypt, it was necessary to establish a
strong army whose headquarter was
the city of Menf.
Egypt was exposed to many raids by
the nomads on its eastern borders.
This urged King Zosar to establish an
army with its own military traditions
and its own distinct banners.
This army was regarded as the first regular army in history. Later on, King
Zosar (his statue is above) organized Egypt into districts where he set up
companies.
Narmar also established a
substantial naval
fleet of war ships that won many
victories.
The army was divided into two sections:
spear holders and archery soldiers.
The weapons used at that time were bows,
arrows, spears, swords, daggers, axes and shields.
Moreover, horns were used for calling the soldiers to assemble.
The Egyptian writing called
hieroglyphics used pictures
to represent different
objects, actions, sound or
ideas.
There were more than 700
hieroglyphs.
Some pictures stood for
whole words.
The Egyptians did not write
vowels and did not use any
punctuation.
Click on this link,
and you can explore
more about Egypt:
The CLOSE the window
and come back to the
slide show!!
http://www.hyperstaffs.info/work/history/nixo
n/versions/flashindex.html
Here is a fun link with lots of pictures from National Geographic
for kids. Go to this link, and click on the information, AND click on
the photos. It is fun, not homework…..so smile!!!!
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/find/egypt/