Egyptian civilization

Egyptian civilization

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  EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION BY: PEDRO FER JUAN
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  • • The basic elementin 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.
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  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: 17001570 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.
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  They were governedby 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.
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  The economy inthe ancient Egypt was based on the cultivation of crops. They cultivated: lettuce, garlic, onion, lentil, wheat (trigo), bareley (cebada), etc.
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  They believed ingods 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.
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  They developed alot 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.
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  • The ancientEgyptians 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.
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  They art andarchitecture was based on the construction of temple, tombs and cave drawing.
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  •Slavery existed inEgypt, 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.
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  •RISE: The roots ofEgyptian 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.
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  •They contributed creatingthe eye makeup using minerals. •They contributed creating the way of knowing what time it is.
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  •The golden ageof 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.