egypt blog

Pharaohs- the political and religious leader of the Egyptian people, holding the titles “lord of the two landsand high priest of every temple

Egyptian life is centered around the nile river-

Water was used for drinking, for irrigating, for bathing, and for transportation

Ever july it floods

Every October it leaves behind rich soil

The delta is a broad, marshy triangular area of fertile silt

Managing the river required technological breakthrough in irrigation

Great sphinx-

Built 2555- 2532bc

A recumbent lion with a humans head

Oldest monumental statue in the world

Authority pyramid-

·      pharaoh

·      government officials, nobles, priests

·      soldiers

·      scribes

·      merchants

·      artisans

·      farmers

·      slaves and servants

slaves/ serveants helped the wealthy with household and childraising duties

raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions- benefitted from irrigation of the nile

artisans would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife

money/barter system was used- merchants might accept bags of grain for payment- later, coinage came about

scribes kept records, told stories, wrote poems described anatomy and medical treatments

they wrote in hieroglyphs and in hieratic

religious and political leaders- soldiers used wooden weapons (bows and arrows, spears) w/ bronze tips and ride chariots

upper class, known as the white kilt class- priests, physicians and engineers

as the lord of two lands the pharaoh was the ruler of upper and lower Egypt. He owned all land, made laws, collected taxes, & DEFENDED EGYPT AGAINST FOREIGNERS

Hatshepsut was a woman who served as a pharaoh

Cleopatra VII also served as pharaoh but much later 51-30 bc

Over 2000 gods and goddesses

They controlled the lives of humans