The Nile Valley Settling the Nile A Mighty

The Nile Valley

Settling the Nile/ A Mighty River § When did people start to settle this area? § What did the Nile provide the Egyptians? § How long is the Nile? § What are cataracts?

When did people start to settle this area? § Between 6, 000 and 5, 000 B. C.

What did the Nile provide the Egyptians? § Drinking water, baths, farming, cooking, and cleaning. It provided FISHING and supported plants/animals.

How long is the Nile? § 4, 000 miles

What are cataracts? § Wild Rapids, prevent ships from traveling on up the Nile

A Sheltered Land § What is a delta? § What deserts surround the Nile? § What did the deserts provide the people of Egypt? § How were the villages in Egypt different then the villages in Mesopotamia?

What is a delta? § Low fan shaped area of fertile soil, at

What deserts surround the Nile? § The Sahara and the Eastern Desert

What did the deserts provide the people of Egypt? § Protection from enemies.

How were the villages in Egypt different then the villages in Mesopotamia? § They were friendly with one another.

The River People/Regular Flooding § How were Nile floods different then Tigris and Euphrates floods? § How did this affect the Egyptians? § Why did they call their land Kemet?

How were Nile floods different then Tigris and Euphrates floods? § They were gentler and more dependable. Egyptians were able to farm and lively securely.

How did this affect the Egyptians? § Again they didn’t have to worry about things like Mesopotamians.

Why did they call their land Kemet? § They called the dark, fertile mud Kemet, meaning black land.

Nile River vs Tigris/Euphrates § The T. T. A is whack yo! § They want you to travel back to 6, 000 B. C. and start a new civilization. They said it is up to you if you want to settle in the Nile River Valley or the Fertile Crescent. § Which one should you choose? (YOU MUST CHOOSE NILE RIVER VALLEY AND PROVIDE 5 Reasons why you did so. ) § Think about the geography and physical attributes of the two valleys.

How did the Egyptians use the Nile? § What types of crops did the Egyptians grow? § How did Egyptians use irrigation? § What is a shadoof? § What is papyrus? § What did the Egyptians use it for?

What types of crops did the Egyptians grow? § Wheat, barley, and flax seeds in the wet, rich soil.

How did Egyptians use irrigation? § They dug basins to hold flood waters for later use.

What is a shadoof? A bucket attached to a long pole, to lift water from the Nile to the basins.

What is papyrus? § A reed plant that grows along the shore of the nile.

What did the Egyptians use Papyrus for? § PAPER, baskets, sandals, and river rafts

What were Hieroglyphics? § Who could read and write?

What were Hieroglyphics? § Egyptians developed their own style of writing. It was made up of thousands of picture symbols.

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Who could read and write? § Egyptian Males

A United Egypt/The Rise of Government § What did surpluses of food lead to? § Why were governments needed? § Where was the kingdom of Lower Egypt? § Where was the kingdom of Upper Egypt?

What did surpluses of food lead to? § Specialization, and then trade.

Why were governments needed? § Control irrigation, ration food supplies, building projects, land disputes

Where was the kingdom of Lower Egypt? § Nile Delta

Where was the kingdom of Upper Egypt? § To the South, UPRIVER, is the UPPER KINGDOM.

Hieroglyphics Are Whack Yo! Write a sentence in Hieroglyphics, then with the person next to you see if you can translate each others sentences. The sentence must be a fact about Egypt that we learned today.

Egypt’s Ruling Families § Who united the two Kingdoms of Egypt? § Where did he rule from? § What are dynasties? § What 3 time periods was Egypt broken into?

Who united the two Kingdoms of Egypt? § Narmer, he used his armies to do it.

Where did he rule from? § Memphis, he built it between the two Kingdoms.

What are dynasties? § A line of rulers from one family.

What 3 Kingdom periods was Egypt broken into? § Old, Middle, and New Kingdom

Early Egyptian Life § What is a class system? § Who was in Egypt’s upper class? § Who was in Egypt’s middle class? § Who was in Egypt’s lower class?

What is a class system? § People held different places in society depending on what work they did and how much wealth or power they had.

Who was in Egypt’s upper class? § Nobles, priests, and other wealthy Egyptians

Who was in Egypt’s middle class? § Traders, Artisans, shopkeepers, and scribes. § Then Farmers and Herders

Who was in Egypt’s lower class? § Unskilled workers

Family Life § Pretty much the same as Sumerian women.

§ Venn Diagram-Egypt vs Mesopotamia § Give 4 examples of how Egyptian Life was different then Mesopotamian life. Then give 2 ways it was similar.

Social Class is Nasty Fool. § In the book Social class is shown in the form of a pyramid. Please represent the social classes of Egypt in another way. Be Creative, include the classes and who is in what class. NO TRIANGLES. Then write 4 sentences describing your social class picture. You have to draw some of the people inside your larger drawing.