THE CYCLES OF

THE NILE THE RIVER NILE

HIERARCHY
THE GIFT OF THE NILE
DESERT & SEA HOT DRY RIVER
SURROUND EGYPT VALLEY OF THE NILE

PROVIDED

PEACEFUL HISTORY NEED TO IRRIGATE

EXCELLENT SOIL FOR GROWING FOOD

WATER

CAN BUILD A STRONG UNIFIED NEED ORGANIZATION & GOVERNMENT

-
KINGDOM HYDRAULIC CIVILIZATION

FOOD

AGRICULTURE & PROSPERITY

RISE THE ROSETTA STONE TUTANKHAMON

PROSPEROUS, STRONG PERIODS

TRANSPORTATION
HAPI-GOD OF FERTILITY MUMMY'S
UNTIL REGULAR FLOODS

CURSE=ANYONE WHO

LOCAL GOVERNORS PHARAOH'S QUICK FACTS ABOUT NILE FLOODED EVERY YEAR BW
DARES TO OPEN THE
TOMB WILL SUFFER THE
& PRIESTS UNDER STATUS & TAX June AND September (AKHET-THE LOTUS & PAPYRUS REED WRATH OF MUMMY
THE RIVER NILE INUNDATION) ENTWINED

TIGHTER CONTROL REVENUES RISE

LOTUS
CONTINENT AFRICA MENKAURE, KHAFRE, KHUFU
1. Egyptian society had a social hierarchy, with the pharaoh at the very top.
2. The vizier was the second most powerfulofficial.He was the pharaoh’s most trusted advisor.
COUNTRIES IT UGANDA, ETHIOPIA,
FLOWS THROUGH SUDAN, BURUNDI, EGYPT 3. Nobles in Egyptian society were related to the pharaoh, priests, scribes, doctors, lawyers, or
important military personnel.
PHARAOH'S POWER LENGTH APPROX 6,695 KILOMETRES
4. Only scribes and priests were taught how to read and write.

INCREASES SOURCE BURUNDI, CENTRAL 5. Skilled craftsmen

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6. At the bottom of the pyramid was the unskilled workers, the slaves,labourers and peasants.
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MUMMY=BODY OF A PERSON THAT

HAS BEEN PRESERVED AFTER DEATH
GOVERNORS & PHARAOH'S STATUS
MUMMIFICATION=THE
PRIESTS GET OUT & TAX REVENUES PROCESS TO PRESERVE
The
OF CONTROL DECLINE GREEN SHADED AREAS REPRESENT THE THE LAND OUTSIDE OF THE 3,000-year-old
BLACK LAND- FERTILE BLACK LAND WAS DESERT AFTERLIFE=The Egyptians believed
hieroglyphs found that when they died, they would make
in Seti I's temple a journey to another world where
12 OF October
IS THE
in Abydos, Egypt, they would lead a new life.
ANCIENT are said to depict
EGYPTIAN HOW WERE MUMMIES MADE? 1. The body was washed and purified.
FEAST WHEN
nothing less than 2. Organs were removed. Only the heartremained. (centre of intelligence &
THE BLACK a helicopter, emotion)
PYRAMIDS=are the stone
LAND (NILE 3. The body was filled with stuffing.
plane and 4. The body was dried by covering it with a substance called natron *. This
VALLEY) IS
GIVEN TO futuristic aircraft substance absorbed all the moisture from the body. tombs of Egypt's kings - the
PHARAOH'S POWER DECLINES HAR & THE among the usual 5. After 40 - 50 days the stuffing was removed and replaced with linen or sawdust.
6. The body was wrapped in strands of linen and covered in a sheet called a Pharaohs
RED LAND
TO SETH insects, symbols shroud.
7. The body was placed in a stone coffin called a sarcophagus.
and snakes.
FOUR SONS OF HAR