Egypt powerpoint

• the Nile and the two lands
• upper Egypt was a 500-mile long strip of fertile land along the Nile
• lower egypt was a wide land of the nile delta emptying into the mediterranean sea
• around 3100 B.C. the two lands were united under a single king or pharaoh (narmer)
• the nile flows north, upper to lower egypt
• egyptians relied on harmony and balance of the universe which they called maat
• pharaohs had multiple wives and all routes to financial and soical success were through the palace
• women could inherit money and land and divorce their husbands though only a tiny few ever wielded real political power
• gods were often portrayed with animal heads or bodies
• egyptians believed in an afterlife (ka) and they mummified bodies to preserve them for this post-death journey
• all souls would need to justify themselves at the point of death and be either sent to an after world paradise or the jaws of a monster
• earliest egyptian writing formed 3100 B.C. and were small pictures know as hieroglypics
• the Egyptian script was usually written in ink on papyrus which was made by mashed Nile reeds
• papyrus was stored in scrolls and these scrolls were the books of anicent egypt
• egyptian astronomers created a calendar with 12 months and 365 days to make sense of seasons
• due to their excellent knowledge of human anatomy, Egyptian doctors wrote extensively on health issues and created potions and cures
• wooden sailboats were consructed to increase transportation ability on the nile
• pyramids are tombs
• the temple of Amon at Karnak is the largest religious building in the world
• stone sculptures and interior painting depicted humans and gods in a series of regulated poses often in profile and without perspective but were highly effective