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"Wars are always fought over resources" - Howard Zinn
Assignment: Read Chapter 4 and watch Crash course #4
Where: in the valley of the Nile River, upstream was a waterfall that made it so that people could send a navy down, on either side of them was desert, which detracted armies.
When: 2,700 bce --> 332 bce "Long ass time"
Timeline! Click here --> Time line of Ancient Egypt
For further reading materials click hither --> Team Egypt! Further reading
Religion:
Egypt's rulers were the same as their god. They were called Pharaohs. Pharaohs were rulers, priests, and gods. Pharaohs owned all of the land in Egypt, chose all government officials; the word of the pharaoh was law. People believe that the Pharaoh could communicate directly with the gods, and therefor it is important to keep them happy. They built pyramids and temples in favor of the gods. At one point in time, Priests began to have more influence and power. They began to play a role in the government and owned 1/3 of Egypt's land, during this time Amon-re was the god. The new pharaoh (Amenhotep IV) did not agree with the priests, and instead fired all of the temple workers, and converted egypt to Monotheistic (believing in one god, Aton). When Amenhotep IV died (1360 bc) his name was scratched off of religious monuments and Egypt was restored to polytheistic. Egyptians were buried with pleasurable things because they believed that the afterlife was just a continuation of this one. They also thought that cats had divine power.
"Wars are always fought over resources" - Howard Zinn
Assignment: Read Chapter 4 and watch Crash course #4
Look for:
- Religion
- Leaders
- Inventions
- Military
- Cities
Where: in the valley of the Nile River, upstream was a waterfall that made it so that people could send a navy down, on either side of them was desert, which detracted armies.
When: 2,700 bce --> 332 bce "Long ass time"
Timeline! Click here --> Time line of Ancient Egypt
For further reading materials click hither --> Team Egypt! Further reading
Religion:
Egypt's rulers were the same as their god. They were called Pharaohs. Pharaohs were rulers, priests, and gods. Pharaohs owned all of the land in Egypt, chose all government officials; the word of the pharaoh was law. People believe that the Pharaoh could communicate directly with the gods, and therefor it is important to keep them happy. They built pyramids and temples in favor of the gods. At one point in time, Priests began to have more influence and power. They began to play a role in the government and owned 1/3 of Egypt's land, during this time Amon-re was the god. The new pharaoh (Amenhotep IV) did not agree with the priests, and instead fired all of the temple workers, and converted egypt to Monotheistic (believing in one god, Aton). When Amenhotep IV died (1360 bc) his name was scratched off of religious monuments and Egypt was restored to polytheistic. Egyptians were buried with pleasurable things because they believed that the afterlife was just a continuation of this one. They also thought that cats had divine power.
List of Gods/Pharaohs Click here for story of the gods --> here
- Ra <-- Sun god
- Amon <-- god of Thebes (the capital)
- Amon-re <-- most powerful god, combo of Amon and Re
- Amenhotep IV <-- New Pharoph, did not agree with priests, closed all Amon-re temples and fired temple workers, set up new religion, where they only prayed to Aton (Monotheiastic), died in 1360 Bc
- Tutankhamen <-- son of Amenhotep IV he was 9 when he ruled, priests made him return to the old religion, he died after ruling for 9 years
- Ahmose <-- god/Pharaoh
- Hephetsus --> ruled for 22 years, woman, killed by step son, built foundation of trust, and trade
- King tut died around the age of 17, had to marry his sister, body discovered in 1922, probably died from infected broken leg or malaria, had his pyramid stolen during 21st century
Other Important Facts
- Egypt is the civilization that has been around for the longest. (2,000 years)
- by 1150 bc Egypt's empire was gone
- Egypt was taken over by people known as the Assyriains in 671 bc.
- The egyptian empire Lasted for 5.5 Americas
Inventions/Discoverie
Egypt made the calendar and they marked it with the knowledge of when the Nile would flood. Egyptians made paper called Papyrus and to write on it they also made ink. They made the pyramids to be tombs for the Pharaohs after death. They were specialists in medicine. The Egyptians were the first to use splints, bandages, and compresses. They also treated hair loss and indigestion.
Egypt made the calendar and they marked it with the knowledge of when the Nile would flood. Egyptians made paper called Papyrus and to write on it they also made ink. They made the pyramids to be tombs for the Pharaohs after death. They were specialists in medicine. The Egyptians were the first to use splints, bandages, and compresses. They also treated hair loss and indigestion.
- Made a calendar with the knowledge of the Nile River flooding
- Egyptians invented a paper (Papyrus) and to write on it they made ink.
- They used a number system based on ten
- The Egyptians also made contributions in the field of medicine. They were the first specialists in medicine. Also, they were the first to use splints, bandages, and compresses. They treated indigestion and hair loss.
- Pyramids
- Hieroglyphics for sacred writing
- Demotic Script for contract
Conquerers
- 1720-1710 bce Hyksos took control of Egypt and brought new inventions such as the chariot, they assimilated into the Egyptians way of life 1
- 1550-1555 bce Ahmose unified upper and lower egypt and kicked the Hyksos out He became pharaoh of the entire Egypt 2
- Syrians, Persians, Alexander the Great, the romans <-- enemies
- New rulers were Nubia
Cities
- Thebes the capital of egypt
- Memphis
The Nile
Crash Course Notes
- The nile shaped the world view of the ancient egyptians
- The nile was regular, and flooded at the right time giving the fertile soil
- settlements happened around the nile
- Nile was easily tamed
- Nile allowed big food surpluses
Kingdoms
- Old Kingdom Date: (2,700 bce --> 2,200 bce)
- Middle Kingdom (2150 bce --> 1750 bce)
- New Kingdom (1650 bce --> 1150 bce)
Crash Course Notes
- most influential
- Pyramids were made for different rulers
- the pyramids are the last surviving man standing seven wonders of the ancient world
- Egyptians tossed seeds around for crops
- glory age of ancient egypt, pyramids, sun king ra, pharaoh)
- Famous pyramids
- 2040BCE
- military expansion
- headed south to find gold and slaves
1.http://www.math.jussieu.fr/~leila/mitanni/hyksos.html
2. http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/newkingdom/ahmose.html
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