Do Now:

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Do Now If the Nile smiles, the earth is
joyousEvery Stomach is full of rejoicing Every
spine is Happy,Every Jaw is crushing with its
food Based on this quote how important was
the Nile to people of Egypt?
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Aim How was the Nile the foundation of Empire in
Egypt?
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I) The Nile

• A) Starts from the mountains of Ethiopia and
  travels down to the Mediterranean Sea
• B) Nile floods annually from summer rains to
  fertilize the soil around it.
• 1) Black Land (fertile)
• 2) Red Land (Desert)
• 3) Silt the fertile soil
• C) All Life depends on the Nile

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II) Origins of people

• A) Some migrated from parts of southern Africa
• B) From the Middle East
• C) Fertile Land attracted many to the Nile Valley.

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III) Egypt United

• A) Egypt originally was separated into northern
  and southern
• B) 3100 BC United Kingdom under king Menes
• C) Used the Nile as the highway between his
  kingdoms.

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IV) Dynastic Egypt

• A) Dynasty (Ruling family)
• B) Old Kingdom
• 1) Pharaoh became supreme ruler
• A) Claimed to be a god
• B) delegated Power to a noble class
• 1) Vizier Chief Minster
• 2) bureaucrats to ran the various needs of the
  kingdom.

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c) Middle Kingdom

• 1) The Nile was unpredictable
• 2) Crop failures and civil war
• 3) Pharaohs tried to create new drainage projects
  to supply water for agriculture
• 4) Stretched trade to the Middle East and to
  Nubia.
• 5) 1700 BC invade by the Hyskos
• A) Use of Horse drawn Chariots
• B) Adopted Many Egyptian culture.

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D) New Kingdom

• 1) The Nile became stable.
• 2) Used Hyskos technology to reclaim the all of
  Egypt.
• 3) Became the strongest dynasty.
• 4) Became an Empire
• 1) East to the Euphrates.
• 2) Middle of Africa.
• 3) Increased trade with South Asia