Class of 3/2/11

We looked at a Prezi on Egypt.

• Egyptian life is centered around the Nile River. 
• managing the river required technological breakthroughs in irrigation
• Water for drinking, irrigating, bathing 
• Delta- a triangular area that has great soil and marshy land. 
• First people who got a civilization together
• Every July it floods
• The Great Sphinx of Egypt was a statue that was half man half lion
• Hatshepsut was a woman who served as a pharaoh
• Cleopatra VII also served as pharaoh (51-30 BC)
• Pharaoh is the political and religious leader of the Egyptian people, holding the titles: 'Lord of Two Lands' and 'High Priest of Every Temple.'
• As 'Lord of Two Lands' the pharaoh was the ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt. He owned all the land, made laws, collected taxes, & defended Egypt against foreigners 
• The slaves helped the wealthy with the children and household duties 
• farmers raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions, they benefited from irrigation of the Nile. 
• Artisans would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife.
• Merchants used the money barter system- might accept bags of grain for payment- later, coinage came about
• scribes kept records, told stories, wrote poetry described anatomy and medical treatments, they wrote in hieroglyphs and in hieratic
• soldiers used wooden weaponds (bows&arrows, spears) w/ bronze tips and might ride chariots
• upper class known as the "white kilt class" priests , physicians, engineers