Ancient Egypt Lesson 6 Ancient Egypt Objectives Discuss
Ancient Egypt
Lesson #6 -Ancient Egypt • Objective(s): Discuss and analyze the rise and fall of ancient Egypt. Explain the importance of geography to a culture and its economy. • Agenda: Bellwork, Egypt Notes, Closure, Cartouche • Bellwork: Answer the following questions (look for lesson #6 in google classroom). How does your/our culture honor the ancestors that came before you? What are the traditions associated with paying homage to the deceased?
Ancient Egypt • 5000 BCE-350 CE • Nile River Valley • Climate • Isolated and protected(deserts, cataracts, marshes) • Flood control • Papyrus • Hieroglyphics
Ancient Egypt • Unification of small kingdoms through trade • Narmer-3100 BCE-marks Egyptian Empire • 22 dynasties from 3100 -322 BCE • Old Kingdom (Memphis), Middle Kingdom (Thebes), New Kingdom • Pharaoh • Religion and life (Re, Hapi, Osiris, Isis, Thoth, Horus, Anubis) • Mummification; canopic jars; sarcophagus; pyramids https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=MQ 5 d. L 9 c. QX 0 • 365 day calendar, 12 months, 3 seasons
Ancient Egypt • 5 million in valley and delta • Social structure • Mudbrick and wood • Agrarian • Patriarchal • Women and legal status
Ancient Egypt • Valley of the Kings • Hyksos • Hatshepsut • New Kingdom (1500 -1070 BCE)-height of empire and expansion of trade and territory (Nubia) • Amenhotep IV(1370) Akhetaton; Aton/monotheism; weakened empire • Tutankhamen • Ramses II (1279 -1213 BCE); Temple at Karnak • Decline
Closure • Complete Lesson #6 Closure in google classroom • How did geography as well as forces of life and death shape daily life in ancient Egypt?
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