Notes
-The Nile River flows north across Africa
-over 4,1000 miles
-the longest river in the world
-an abrupt change in soil
-the river rose and spilled over the banks which left fertile black mud called silt
-Egypt was more fortunate than Mesopotamia with agriculture
The Delta begins 100 miles before the river and enters the Mediterranean
- the delta is a broad marshy triangular formed by deposits of silt of the mouth of a river
-The Nile was a reliable system of transportation from upper Egypt and lower Egypt
-Narmer was an Egyptian king who created a crown that symbolized the united kingdoms
-the kings established the first Egyptian dynasty
-the Pharaohs ruled as gods in a theocratic government
-a pyramid was the main resting place after death
-the Old Kingdom was the main pyramid-building phase
-Some main gods were Re (sun), Osiris (death), and Isis (loving mother) but there were 2,000 more
-Mesopotamians had a bleak view on the afterlife but Egyptians believed in life after death and being judged for your deeds in life
- Mummification preserved bodies in the pyramids
-A pyramid may have contained
- kings chamber
-airshaft
- grand gallery
-queens chamber
-ascending chamber
-escape passage
-unfinished chamber
Egyptians wrote in hieroglyphics on papyrus
Invaders started to control Egypt
2180 marked the end of the Old Kingdom
strong pharaohs still controlled in the middle kingdom and then again in the New Kingdom
