Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Notes for Egypt

these are the notes we took today for Mondays test :


geography 
daily life
pharaohs 
goddesses and gods
pyramids 
Egyptian life is centered around the Nile river
water for drinking , for irrigating , for bathing, transportation
every July it floods and every October it leaves behind rich soil
managing the river required technological breakthroughs in irrigation

pharaoh
government
soldiers
scribes
merchants
artisans
farmers
slaves and servants

artisans would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife .
hatshepsut was a woman who served as pharaoh

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