EG)+YOPT

HOMEPAGE IMPORTANT PEOPLE

Narmer-united upper and lower egypt and the first dynasty was created

GOVERNMENT

Pharoahs Thought of as gods divided into upper and lower egypt Pharoahs controlled nature Pharoahs rulled afterdeath Pyramids-resting place 31 dynastys GEOGRAPHY

Located in Africa Nile River Dwsert Fertile soil-silt Black land vs red land COMPARISONS TO MESO

Flooding

ENVIROMENTAL CHALLENGES

Flooding-too much or too little

RELIGION

Hieroglyphcs-polytheism belief in 200 gods Mummification Belief in afterlife

AFTERLIFE

Kings rulled after death Mummification Book of the dead Embalming Social classed- 1-Kings/queens royal family 2-Wealthy businesses 3-Middle class merchants 4-Lower class peasants largest class not locked in 5-slaves labor for the rich

ARCHTECTURE

Ziggurat vs pyramid engineering facts amazing bulilders used stone linked to government

WRITING

hieroglyphics sacred acrving simple pics pic stood for idea could almost look like letters of the alphabet rossetta stone-found in 1799-3 languages 1st writing carved in stone complex pics stood for sounds

TECHNOLOGY

papyros calender same as ours embalming medicine-treated brokien bones and wounds and fever 1st to use stone columns 1st to use calender