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Documentos de Profesional
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Geography
Religion
Artistic Skills
The Nile River
•Travel
•Irrigation
•Mud for homes
(Ancient Egypt)
•Food
•Safety
The Nile River
• The river got its name from the Greek
word Neilos, which means valley.
• 4184 miles long and flowing North
• Ability to produce extremely fertile soil
• Provided a surplus of gold – as well as
easy access to create gold mines.
• The Nile Crocodile!
Class-Based Society
• The Royal Family – Family of the Pharoah
• Nobles, also known as “Servants of the
Gods”
– Usually doctors, mathematicians, and
astronomers
• Middle Class
– Carpenters, metalworkers, jewelry makers,
sculptors
• Lowest Class
– Slaves
Pharoahs
The Most Powerful Individuals in Egypt
•Political and Religious leader of Egypt
• Hieroglyphs
• Jewelry
• Decorative Arts
• Games
• Mummies
Hieroglyphs
• Egyptian Writing
• Derived from the Greek language and
means “Sacred Sign”
• Made up of symbols that look like
people, animals, plants, and many other
objects.
• Carved into walls of monuments,
temples, and tombs – King Tut!
Check out the book
Heinemann’s “Know
It Hieroglyphs”
Collar of Neferuptah