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Egypt

Egypt. Geography. Nile River and Delta Annual flooding Lower Kingdom Delta region Upper Kingdom Most of the Nile Valley from the 1 st cataract. Old Kingdom. Pyramids as burial monuments Memphis was capital Theocracy & Bureacracy Ended by internal rivalries Local nobles gained power

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Egypt

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  1. Egypt

  2. Geography • Nile River and Delta • Annual flooding • Lower Kingdom • Delta region • Upper Kingdom • Most of the Nile Valley from the 1st cataract

  3. Old Kingdom • Pyramids as burial monuments • Memphis was capital • Theocracy & Bureacracy • Ended by internal rivalries • Local nobles gained power • -fragmented

  4. Middle Kingdom • Thebes • Upper Egypt had more power • Trade with neighbors • Land and sea • Frontier forts • Protected trade routes • Ended by invasion • Hyksos

  5. New Kingdom • 1st permanent army • Isolation no longer protection • Female Pharaoh • Monotheism – Atun • Ended by invasion • Persian, Greeks, Kush, Assyrians

  6. Egyptian Religion • Re (Amon-Re) sun • Anubis - dead • Osiris – King of Gods • Isis – nature & women • Horus – sky • Hathor - love • Thoth - wisdom

  7. Burial • Mummification indicates a belief in an afterlife • A decomposed body meant permanent death • Death masks so the spirit would recognize the body

  8. Innovations • Engineering • Cities • Temples • pyramids • Writing • hieroglyphics

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