Egypt

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Egypt

• Northeastern part of Africa.

• Develops along the Nile River (longest
• river in the world).

• Nile river empties into the Mediterranean Sea.

• Nile starts in Ethiopia (Lake Tana- Blue Nile)
• and Uganda ( Lake Victoria-White Nile) in
• the mountains and runs north.down hill.

• Surrounded to the west and east by deserts
• (Libyan, Nubian, Eastern).

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Dependency on the Nile

• Flooding provides a layer of fresh (silt) topsoil
  for growing crops.

• Trapped water and dug canals for irrigation
  (watering crops).

• The Nile was referred to as the giver and taker
  of life.

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Innovations

• Egyptian calendar had 365 days based on the sun.

• Calendar divides the year into three seasons
  Inundation, Emergence, and Harvest.

• Inundation was the time of flooding. It was a
  time for celebration. This was the time it is
  thought that the pyramids were worked on.

• Emergence was a time when the waters were
  receding. This was a time for tilling and
  planting.

• Harvest was a period of dry weather. Crops were
  cared for and harvested.

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Source of Religion

• Egyptians created gods that had an
• effect on agriculture or to explain
• things they did not understand.

1. Re sun god. Was reborn every morning. Idea of
   the afterlife.
2. Osiris taught people how to farm. Helps things
   grow.
3. Horus and Isis rulers of the sky.

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Unity of Egypt

• 3000 BC Upper Egypt is united with Lower Egypt.

• It is unknown who united Egypt. Some experts say
  it was Narmer. Legend says it was Menes.

• Double crown worn shows uniting of the two Egypts

• Marked the beginning of the worlds first
  organized government representing one group of
  people lasting 3000 years.

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Upper Lower
United