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Chapter 5: Ancient Egypt

Chapter 5: Ancient Egypt. Lesson 1: Day 3 Geography Shapes Egyptian Life. Geography Shapes Egyptian Life. Egypt's economy depended primarily on farming. Mining Wanted valuable metals not found in black land.

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Chapter 5: Ancient Egypt

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  1. Chapter 5: Ancient Egypt Lesson 1: Day 3 Geography Shapes Egyptian Life

  2. Geography Shapes Egyptian Life • Egypt's economy depended primarily on farming. • Mining • Wanted valuable metals not found in black land. • Copper to make tools and weapons, began looking for copper as early as 6000 B.C. • Desired gold for it’s beauty. • Gold called nub in ancient Egyptian.

  3. Geography Shapes Egyptian Life • Mining • Mining minerals was difficult. • Copper, iron, and bronze hidden inside desert mountains in Sinai Peninsula. • Chipping minerals out of rock was miserable work. • First people to mine for turquoise. • Also mined for lapis lazuli, beautiful blue stones. Sinai Peninsula Lapis Lazuli

  4. Geography Shapes Egyptian Life • Fishing and hunting • Nile had fish, other wildlife. • Egyptians made rafts by binding reeds together. • Used nets and harpoons to catch fish. • One painting shows a man ready to hit fish with a hammer. • Speared hippos, crocodiles down the Nile. • Used boomerangs to knock birds from sky.

  5. Geography Shapes Egyptian Life • Transportation and Trade • Equipped boats with sails and oars. • Rivers currents were slow, boaters used paddles to go faster. • Raised a sail on their boats when they travelled against the current. • Nile provided a lot for the Egyptians, they had surpluses. • Egypt had no money, exchanged goods that they grew or made: bartering.

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