2/3/2014  Land of the Pharaohs: Egypt

Narmer - 3100 used to grind makeup

most of the Egyptian civ. lived in a thin strip of fertile land where the Nile crosses the North African Desert

The Nile and the "Two Lands"

Egypt stretched along lower of the Nile's four-thousand mile course from central Africa to the Mediterranean sea

Two sections Upper and lower Egypt

Upper: narrow strip of fertile land 5 miles in length 12 miles in width North African desert
Lower: delta formed by the Nile in the last hundred miles before it reaches the sea

"Gift of the Nile" tides flooding and receding making ground rich soil

Pharaohs - the rulers of ancient Egypt

Gov. by a God-King

Pharaohs where given powers by the gods

Maat - a universal stability and harmony

All of Egypt was owned by the Pharaohs

Pharaohs took their job seriously and (mostly) were good about their power

Hatshepsut 1500 was a "King" for long enough to be considered the most successful woman with authority of a pharaoh

Daughters received inheritance same as sons, Wives could divorce their husbands

book of wisdom - 1800 B.C. Tells sons and husbands to support their mothers and not control their wives

Gods, Humans, and Everlasting Life

Gods seen as animals

2200 B.C. new ideas related to immortality and the afterlife

1800 B.C. idea that souls had to face Osiris for judgement

The Writing of the Words of God