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Geography- Environmental Challenges- Transportation- "boats on the nile" Government- Afterlife- Architecture- Social Class- "not locked in" Culture Important People- Time Periods- Womans Rights- Literature- Economy and Agriculture-
 * 1) Located in Africa
 * 2) Nile River; flows north towards Meditteranean Sea
 * 3) Deser
 * 4) Fertile Soil/Silt
 * 5) Black land vs. Red Land
 * 6) Flooding ( knew when it was going to flood, but didn't know how much.
 * 1) Flooding too much killed crops and wrecked houses, flooding too little caused people to starve.
 * 2) Desert forced them to live on small strip of land surrounding the Nile
 * 3) Cut off interaction with other people; made trade hard, and little communication
 * 4) Shut out invaders, spared much ancient warfare
 * 5) Cataracts (rapids) caused by bouders made it impossible for boats to get through
 * 1) Traveled against the current you used a sail
 * 2) called "the water highway"
 * 3) promoted trade and unified villages
 * 1) Pharaohs; thought of as gods
 * 2) Theocracy: gov. based on religion
 * 3) mummification- preserve bodies, spirit will use body in the afterlife
 * 4) worshipped 200+ gods
 * Re, Osiris, Isis, Annbis: believe in afterlife
 * 1) Weigh heart to see if kyou go to the afterlife
 * 2) Polytheism
 * 1) Kings ruled even after death
 * 2) Ka- inner spirit
 * 3) Pyramids/tombs for kings
 * 4) mummification: to preserve for the after life
 * 5) embalming
 * 6) book of dead
 * 1) Pyramids * tomb of death
 * 2) endineering feats- amazing builders
 * 3) used stone, granite, limestone
 * 4) linked to government/organization
 * 1) top- kings/queens/royal family
 * 2) next- wealthy land owners, government officials, priests, army commanders
 * 3) Middle Class- merchants and artisans
 * 4) Lower Class- peasants, farmers, laborers (largest group) *peasants built pyramids
 * 1) approached life confidently and optimistically
 * 2) pharaohs
 * 3) theocracy
 * 4) pyramids
 * 1) Narmer: united upper and lower Egypt ( unified them)
 * 2) Each god was improtant to the egyptian people
 * 1) 5000 BC egyptians lived in farming villages
 * 2) 3200 BC villages under 2 rulers, seperate kingdoms lower and upper Egypt
 * 3) Greatest Egyptian Civilization 3200BC-2700BC
 * 4) 2600BC- 2180BC known a sold kingdom
 * 5) Middle Kingdom (2040-1640BC)
 * 6) 1640BC: palestine- Hyksos 1630BC-1523BC
 * 1) Same as Mens
 * 2) wealthy or middle class could own or trade property
 * 3) could propose marriage or seek divorce if granted divorse they could take one third of the couples property
 * 1) Book of the dead
 * 2) scrolls that contained: hyms, prayers, and majic spells intended to guide soul in the afterlife
 * 1) Wheat and Barley fields made by Peasants
 * 2) Water highway of the nile helped to promot trade