Ancient+Egypt

By: Amanda Levin & Abi Lundstrom

3100 B.C.- 500 B.C.



**__5 terms:__**

 * 1.__Heiroglyphics-__** Heiroglyphics are also known as "priest carvings" or a system of writing by the egypians using pictures and complex symb**ols.**
 * 2.__Pharaoh-__** A title of the Egyptian monarchs,and the title is given to the royalty person. It's greek meaning is "great house".
 * 3.__Vizier-__** It means "steward of the whole land" directly responsible to pharaoh, and they were in charge of the government bureaucracy.
 * 4.__Mummification-__** The Egyptains practiced a way to preserve the physical body after one persons death.It was a process of slowly drying a dead body to prevent it from rotting.
 * 5. __Dynasty-__** A family of rulers whose right of rule is passed down through the family from one generation to the next.

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__**Important People:**__ 1.__**Menes-**__ The king who united the villages of Upper(southern) and Lower(northern) Egypt onto a single Kingdom and created the first royal dynasty. 2.__**Hatshepsut-**__ First woman to become pharaoh. She also built a great temple at Deir el Bahri, near Thebes. called "Queen Pharaoh". the first female ruler in history. 3.__**Tutankhamen-**__ Known as the boy Pharaoh, and died at age 19. He lived from 1332-1322 BC. His toumb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922 AD at the "Valley of the Kings" 4.__**Ramses II-**__ Pharaoh who rained from 1279 to 1213. Called "Ramses the Great". The strongest of pharaohs. 1304-1237 BC. He created the first written treaty in history in 1280 BC. 5. __**Cleopatra VII-**__ Last ruler of Ancient Egypt. She tried to reestablish Egypt's independce but was defeted by Rome. She created the capitol city of Alexandria which is the third and last capitol city of Ancient Egypt. the lighthouse at Alexandria is considered one of the seven wonders of the world.

Ancient Egypt is built around the Nile River (longest River in the world). The Egyptians were very polytheistic people. The Course of Egyptian History has been split up into three different periods, The Old Kingdom, The Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom. The Old Kingdom lasted from around 2700 to 2200 B.C. It was known as the Pyramid Ages. One of the largest pyramids is located at Giza and was constructed around 2540 B.C. The Middle Kingdom lasted about 150 years. It was known as the Golden Age and it was a period of stability. When the middle ended by a Hyskos invasion the New Kindom came about. The New Kingdom was known as the Empire Age and lasted from 1567 to 1085 B.C. In 1085 B.C. the New Kindom collapsed. The Egyptians lived a very simple life. Just like any other societies they too had social classes. The people of Egypt were very positive. They got married at a very young age and start families. The Egyptians invented Hierglyphics or "priest-carvings". The pr.ocess of mummification also came from the Egyptians

[|the British Museum has put together some history of ancient Egypt]
[|This Ancient Egypt Site is an interactive place to learn about the history, language, monuments and culture of Ancient Egypt.] [|this site is full of games and videos!] [|National Geographic has pyramis info on thier website] [|an easy to read and understand timeline is one click away] media type="youtube" key="xGTIXsCgbkQ" width="425" height="350" __**TIMELINE**__ 3000BC: Sumerian cities emerge in southern Mesopotamia 3000BC: Cuneiform writing is invented 2700BC: Old Kingdom Begins 2540BC: Great Pyramid of King Khufu finished 1792BC: Hammurabi comes to power 1652BC: Middle Kingdom ends 1567BC: New Kingdom begins 970BC: Solomon becomes King of Israel 539BC: Babylonia falls 521BC: Darius Begins to Expand Persian Empire