Ancient Egypt

HISTORY

LOCATION OF EGYPT

THE RIVER NILE

CULTURE AND THEIR RELIGION

MUMMIFICATION

CONTENTS:

History :Around, About 5000 BC the weather changed and the Sahara became the Sahara Desert. The people who lived in the Sahara before needed a place to get water and live so they went out on a hunt for water and found a river so they called this land The Nile Valley at that time.

Flooded every year Provided fertile soil for crops Was the “Lifeline” for Egypt Transportation Route Used for Irrigation Flows south to north

The Nile River

Main crops were barley, wheat and flax

Main food was bread, fish, vegetables and fruit. Only the wealthy ate meat.

Food

Egyptian Social Pyramid

Egyptian Social

Classes were

based on wealth, job

and education

Clothing

People built homes from mud bricks Most important people had better

houses.

Homes

Egyptians developed a form of picture or symbol writing.

Language

Religion

Egyptians believed that when people die, they move on to another world.

Since people needed their body in the afterlife, it would need to be “preserved.”

The process of mummification was developed.

Mummification

The Process of Mummification

Language: Picture Coded Architecture: Pyramids Inventions: 365 day calendar, papyrus

(paper), irrigation system, mathematics, medicine, weapons.

Art: statues, paintings, jewelry

Contributions of Egypt