Ancient Egypt

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Ancient Egypt

• BY KATE KAHIL

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LOCATION

• Egypt is located in the Sahara Desert. It
  is east of Libya and north of Sudan. The
  Mediterranean sea is north of it. The Nile River
  runs through it. The capital is Cairo.

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TIMELINE

• Egypt consists of ten different time
  periods
  
• Old Kingdom
  2686-2160 BC
  
• First Intermediate
  Period 2160-2040 BC
  
• Middle Kingdom
  2040-1633 BC
  
• Second Intermediate
  Period 1786-1558 BC
  
• New Kingdom 1558-1085
  BC
  
• Third Intermediate
  Period 1085-525 BC
  
• Persian Rule 525-332
  BC
  
• Greek Rule 332-30 BC
• Roman Rule 30 BC- 700
  AD
  
• Islamic Rule 700
  AD-1500
  

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HIEROGLYPHICS

• Hieroglyphics are the Egyptian picture
  writing. They were used to express sound and
  ideas as well as told stories, recorded religious
  rites and documented commerce money and trade.
  There were pictograms, ideograms idea sign, and
  phonogram signs that represent a sound of one,
  two or three consonants.

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DRAWING

• The Egyptians used six different colors
  while painting. They used red, green, blue,
  yellow ,black, and white. During the Old Kingdom,
  it took great pains to make pictures.

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CLOTHING

• Men and women wore blue and green eyeshadow
  and black kohl eyeliner when they dressed fancy.
  They also wore it because it helped to keep the
  glare the glare of sunlight down.

• Egyptians wore tunics that came down to the
  knees for men and the ankles for women. They
  were nearly always white. They usually always
  went barefoot.

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FARMING

• Egyptians were one of the first to start
  farming, probably around 10,000 BC. They mainly
  grew wheat and barley. They also ate meat, though
  they refused to eat pork. For dessert they ate
  dates.

DATES
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PYRAMIDS

• The ancient Egyptians built pyramids as
  tombs for their pharaohs and queens. They were
  buried from before the Old Kingdom to the end of
  the Middle Kingdom.

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GODS AND GODDESSES

• The Egyptians were polytheistic, which meant
  they believed in more that one god. Some of their
  names are Anubis, Ra, Isis, and Thoth.

• Anubis was the god of the dead.
• Ra was the god of the sun.
• Isis was a protective goddess.
• Thoth was the god of writing and
  knowledge.
  

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GAMES

• The games the Egyptians played were Senet
  a board game and Perw a checkered board of 3
  rows and 10 squares.