PPT-EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS The Pyramids of Egypt

Egypts pyramids are the oldest stone buildings in the world They were built nearly 5000 years ago These ancient tombs are among the worlds largest structures The biggest is taller than a . Chapter 4. End. of Ice Age. People Invented. Writing. The. First Map. Name. of Event 4. Name. of Event 5. Name. of Event 6. 10,000 Years Ago. 5,000. Years Ago. 2500. BC. 4. th. Date. 5. th. Date. 1882 - 1952. 1882. On July 11, the British Mediterranean Fleet, let by Admiral Sir Frederick Beauchamp Seymour, bombed Alexandria Egypt. The death toll exceeded two thousand Egyptians and another fifty Europeans.. GAME MAKING. Fergeson and . Brackeen. 2010. Helpful hints on gathering facts. for the GAME. Geography . GEO. Monuments/ Pyramids . M.P. .. Government . GOV. Gods . GOD. Pharoahs. . PH. Afterlife . Number your paper 1-7. You’ll have 30 seconds for each slide. 1. What could this timeline be used for? . A. . To identify dates of famous Pharaohs. B. To identify the development of Egyptian society. People remember Egyptians for their cultural achievements:. Art. Writing. Architecture. Achievements. Inventions Page 1. Egyptian Calendar. The . Ancient Egyptians created the first known 365-day Calendar. They created it in order to mark the passage of years and to record special or significant events.. Egyptian Kingdoms. Egypt used to be two separate kingdoms, Lower Egypt & Upper Egypt. That all changed when the first Pharaoh, Narmer, united both kingdoms into one Egypt. That’s why the Pharaoh’s crown is red and white, to represent both Upper & Lower Egypt.. (2700 BCE to 2200 BCE). People saw their kings as gods. Called a . theocracy. = same person is the political AND religious leader. King gave many responsibilities to a . bureaucracy . = groups of government officials. Welcome to Ancient Egypt. Where are we??. . Google Earth! . Geography: Egypt . Label MAP! . The ancient Egyptians enjoyed many . natural barriers. . . There were . deserts. to the east and west of the Nile River, and . lasted from about 3100 B.C. to about 525 B.C. or just over 2500 years. . During . that time, there were at least 20 different dynasties with many different rulers. . Historians . divide the long history into . . Egypt’s pyramids are the oldest stone buildings in the world.. They were built nearly 5000 years ago.. These ancient tombs are among the world’s largest structures. The biggest is taller than a . By: Iris Wang, Emily Han, & Melissa Tjong . There are so many sites to see and so many great deals!  You can cruise down the Nile or visit the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx!. Here is a preview of Ancient Egypt.... Capital City: Cairo. Other big cities: Alexandria, Giza, . Shubra el . Khema. Population: 82,079,636 (compared with U.S. population of about 311,800,000). . * Nearly all of Egypt’s people live in Cairo, Alexandria, and the surrounding areas of the Nile River and Suez Canal. 1650 B.C. –Joseph. 1000 B.C. –David & Solomon’s Dynasty. Social Structure. Pharaoh. Treated like a god. Was the ultimate power in control of the land—responsible for flooding of Nile and rising of sun.. Vocabulary. 1. . Fertile Crescent.  – the boomerang-shaped region of the Middle East that was home to some of the earliest human civilizations. Also known as the “Cradle of Civilization,”. 2. .