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LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT LESSON 2 PG. 191
AGENDA 2/18• Finish #12 on Map
• Collect Map
• Lesson 1 Recap
• Lesson 2 Read + Notes
• (Graphic Organizer)
• HW: Read pg. 196-198;Finish Blue Questions (2)
• **Quest on Wednesday Next Week- Ancient Egypt
• Vocabulary, Geography, Thinking Focus +Blue Questions+ Graphic Organizer & Notes
#12 MAP FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS
• Why is the Nile the most important physical feature in Egypt?
• The flood waters helped fertilize the soil so Egypt could support a civilization.
LESSON 1 RECAP 2/18
• 1. Describe the Nile Delta.
• 2. What is the most important part of the Nile River? (What does it supply that is MOST important?
• 3. What is papyrus? Why was it important for the Egyptians?
• 4. Egypt was divided into how many lands? Name the two parts of Ancient Egypt. (HINT: Think of your map)
• 5. Describe the floods of the Nile.
AGENDA
• Pass Back Out file Items
• GRAPES posters
• Read + Notes Lesson 2
• Correct Blue Questions
• *Quest- Thursday February 26
THINKING FOCUS
• Papyrus-> helped with writing
• Water provided fertile soil for crops
• Agricultural economy
• Transportation
LESSON 2
KEY VOCABULARY
• Afterlife- a life believed to continue after death
• Embalm- to prevent the decay of a dead body by treating it with preservatives
• Mummy-the body of a human being or animal after it has been embalmed or preserved from decay
• Hieroglyphics- the Egyptian writing system in which pictorial symbols are used to stand for words of sounds
THE OLDEST PYRAMID • Step Pyramid
• 2600s BC- King Zoser
• Architect: Imhotep
• Build pyramid of stone not mud brick
• One flat-topped structure over another & a few ft smaller than the one below
• Chamber for the body was 80 ft underground
• 14 doors, only one opens
• Stairway=> king is climbing toward heaven
THINKING FOCUS
• Describe the religious ideas and the social structure of the ancient Egyptians.
LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT (PART 1; RELIGION) LESSON 2/CH. 7 PG. 191- 198
Egyptian Life
Religion
Afterlife Many gods
THE EGYPTIAN RELIGION
• Afterlife was very important to Ancient Egyptians
• Steps for death and burial preparations
• Pyramid building
• Body preparation
• Why is this important?
BODY PREPARATION• Embalming
• Changes the body into a mummy
• Makes sure the body does not decay
• Mummy
• Placed in a tomb
• Objects also buried with for use in the afterlife
• Ex. jewelry, gold, food, drink, animals, even servants
• Tomb paintings show daily life of the person
TOMB PAINTINGS
• found in tombs of wealthy families
• would describe life of the person while they were living
THE BOOK OF THE DEAD • Hymns, prayers, and magic spells
• Soul goes through a trial in front of gods
• Tells what it did and did not do
• Heart is weighed against feather of truth
• Heart= intelligence and memory
• If soul is too heavy with sin= 2nd death
• Soul balanced or less = afterlife
THE EGYPTIAN GODS • Polytheism
• Osiris= Chief god of the underworld, or home of the dead
• Anubis=his helper, he prepares the bodies of the dead for the afterlife
• Body of human and head of jackal
• Ra (Amun-Ra)= Sun god, created & ruled the world
• Each city had a god
• Egyptians built shrines at home dedicated to their favorite god
WRITING SYSTEM • Hieroglyphics-earliest Egyptian writing
• used pictures to stand for sounds, ideas, objects
• Difficult to understand
• In 1799, a stone in the city of Rosetta was found (Rosetta Stone)
• Writing in 3 languages
• Greek
• Egyptian Hieroglyphs
• Egyptian cursive
• Jean Champollion figured out to read it comparing it to Greek
• Ancient Egyptian dictionary
BLUE QUESTION: COMPARING WRITING SYSTEMS
• Mesopotamian Cuneiform & Egyptian Hieroglyphics
• In common
• They are both complex writing systems with hundreds of symbols
• Both difficult to read
• Differences
• Cuneiform is made up of wedge shaped symbols vs. hieroglyphs is made up of pictures
• Cuneiform is more simplified
WRITING CONT’D
• over 700 symbols
• young people were encouraged to learn
• punishments were harsh
• Only few people were experts
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