egyptian civilization
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EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION
PEDRO FER
JUAN
BY:
• The basic element in the history
of Egyptian civilization is
geography.
• The Nile River rises from the lakes
of Central Africa as the White Nile
and from the mountains of
Ethiopia as the Blue Nile, they
both meet at Khartoum.
Early Dynastic Period: 3100-2600
B.C.
Old Kingdom: 2600-2160 B.C.
First Intermediate Period: 2160-1040
B.C.
Middle Kingdom: 2040-1700 B.C.
Second Intermediate Period: 1700-
1570 B.C.
New Kingdom: 1570-1070 B.C.
Third Intermediate Period: 1070-600
B.C.
Late Period: 600-332 B.C.
Greco-Roman Period: 332 B.C.-395
A.D.
They were governed by pharaons. The
basic source of Egyptian history is a list of
rulers compiled in 280 B.C. by Manetho for
the Macedonians who ruled Egypt.
The economy in the ancient Egypt was based on the
cultivation of crops. They cultivated: lettuce, garlic, onion,
lentil, wheat (trigo), bareley (cebada), etc.
They believed in gods such as:
•Atum-Ra: the first sun god creator.
•Osiris: the Egyptian god who judged the
underworld.
•Isis: god of magic and fertility.
•Seth: god of chaos Osiris brother and rival.
•Horus: the god of sky.
•Geb: god of Earth.
•Toth: god oof sun
•Aten: god or spirit of sun.
They developed a lot of tools such as:
1. Water clock
2. Sundial
3. Pyramids
4. Time System
The Egyptians changed from cooper tools to
bronze because they were better to work
with.
• The ancient Egyptians believed that it was important
to record and communicate information about religion
and government.
• The most famous of all ancient Egyptian scripts is
hieroglyphic. They were able to preserve the beliefs,
history and ideas of ancient Egypt people.
They art and architecture was based on the construction
of temple, tombs and cave drawing.
•Slavery existed in Egypt, but
not in the classic sense of the
word. The slaves had legal
rights, they could have salary
and could be promoted.
•Although they also were
abused.
•RISE:
The roots of Egyptian civilization goes back more than 6,000 years to
the beginning of settled life along the banks of the Nile River.
•FALL:
The fall of the Egyptian empire was when the Persian attacks again,
and ruled until 335 B.C., in what is sometimes called the Thirty-first
Dynasty or second Persian occupation of Egypt.
•They contributed creating the eye
makeup using minerals.
•They contributed creating the way
of knowing what time it is.
•The golden age of the Egypt civilization was: from
10,000 BCE, to the Persian conquest in 525 BC.
• The First Golden Age was the Old Kingdom (The
Pyramid Age) was from the 1st to the sixth Dynasty.
It was followed by a period of disorder that is called
the First Intermediate Period.
•The second Golden Age was the Middle Kingdom, the
Age of Classical Literature. It was followed by the
Second Intermediate Period, and the New Kingdom.