Ancient+Egypt

Ancient Egypt **(3500B.C.-500B.C.) Ashley Bixby, JJ Sandoval**

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Ancient Egypt was a place filled with rulers and historical monument that are today astonishing to us on how they accomplished such outstanding things. The people from Ancient Egypt didn’t have nearly the equipment that we have today but were able to build such marvelous things such as The Great Pyramid at Giza or the sphinx. The Nile River was a huge part in everyday life for the Egyptians. It went northwards over 4,000 miles which puts it at the longest river in the world. It was a major source of water and produced good soil for the people. The Nile splits into two major regions producing upper Egypt and lower Egypt. The people of Egypt had many beliefs of life after death and that you would either have good karma or bad karma. They preserved bodies using the process of mummification to dry out the dead bodies to preserve them with rotting. Another achievement the Egyptians had was The Great Pyramid at Giza. It was constructed by King Khufu in 2450 B.C. This massive pyramid stands 756 feet tall and covers 13 acres of land. In front of the pyramid was a statue called the Sphinx. It is believed that the statue resemble Khufu’s son khafre. Ancient Egypt had three kingdoms, the middle kingdom (2050- 1652 B.C.), the new kingdom (1567-1085 B.C.) and the old kingdom (2700-2200 B.C.). Egyptian society was based mainly off of an authority system which was rulers were at the high class while people like untouchables who were the lowest class were know as “nobody’s.”

The Ancient Egyptians made themselves a good lifestyle with everything they had. They used common everyday items and life’s necessities and communicated through writing systems such as hieroglyphics. All in all, life in Ancient Egypt depended a lot on what part of the society you were in and what dynasty you came from.

__** 5 important people **__
 * 1) __**Menes-**__(3100 B.C) He was the very first pharoh of egypt who united 2 kingdoms. He was the son of Amon- Re and he set the bar for upcoming pharoh's to do there duties.
 * 2) **__Zoser__**- (2650 B.C.) The most sacred one who was an architect and designed the step pyramids. He started the trends of the amazing Egyptian architecture.
 * 3) __**Queen Hatshepsut**__- (1473-1458 B.C.) She was the first female ruler of Egypt who wore the ceremonial beard to feel as if she had man like powers.
 * 4) __**Alexander the Great** __- (331 B.C.) He conquered Egypt and even though he had some disabilities he was able to get his men ready to fight and was a major reason in the winnings of somet of heir battles.
 * 5) __**Cleopatra** __-(31 B.C.) She was the last pharaoh of egypt who tried to establish Egypt's independence. Committed suicide to her death by letting venomous snakes bite her.

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 * 1) __**Dynasty-**__ A family of rulers passing down the crown based off of your heredity so therefore it stayed in the family. There were 30 Egyptian dynasties.
 * 2) **__Vizier-__**The chief and judge of all the land who made a lot of society and court desicions. "Steward of the land" and was especially important to the office.
 * 3) __**Obelisks-**__ a tall, four sided monument which ends in a pyramid like shape at the top, and is said to resemble a petrified ray of the sun disk.
 * 4) **__Aton-__** the disk of the sun, regarded as a deity in ancient Egyptian mythology. was the provider of the entire world.
 * 5) **__Hieroglyphics__**- The symbols used for writing that the Egyptians used for communicating like the way we use alphabet letters today and were often found on walls.

5 Links-
 * [|Gods and Goddesses] - This link describes the main gods and goddesses ancient egyptians worshiped.
 * [|Pharaohs] - This link tells about the Pharohs of Ancient Egypt.
 * [|Art of Ancient Egypt] - This link tells about the art and heiroglyphics created by the ancient egyptians.
 * [|Ancient Egypt] - This link tells about the basic history and civilations involved in Ancient Egypt.
 * [|Ancient Egyptian Clothing] - This link tells about the clothing worn by ancient egyptians and the matierials used to make them.