PPT-Ancient Egyptian History 2400 BC to approximately 1400 BC

Class One Fall 2010 GCCC Encore Instructor Joe Boisvert Topic for Discussion Brief Review then Class Discussion Starting with The First Intermediate Period which followed the Old Kingdom. Art History Lesson. Grade: 5. Activity: . Name and symbol cartouche. Keywords: . Cartouche and Symbolism. Art History Lesson. :. Ancient Egyptian Art. Religion was a major influence on ancient Egyptian art. During the early part of the old kingdom the . Whitney Hale. How do we know what the Egyptian language of numbers is?. It has been found on the writings on the stones of monument walls of ancient time. Numbers have also been found on pottery, limestone plaques, and on the fragile fibers of the papyrus. The language is composed of . 3,000BC just about the same time as the Mesopotamians!. What allowed Egyptians to begin trading among themselves and with others?. The introduction of the . shadoof. Farming the Nile Delta. Minerals from the red land. 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 . By around 3000 B.C., Egyptians began to use a form of writing called . . Hieroglyphs. It comes from the Greek “. hieros. ” meaning . sacred . and “. glyphe. ” meaning carving. The development of hieroglyphics first began as simple . World History. Libertyville High School. Non-Egyptian East Africa: . Nubia. Area between First through Fifth cataracts of Nile. Conquered by Egypt around 2000 BC. Served as major trading center between Egypt, African societies. Chapter 3.3 . Egyptian gods and goddesses. Early in Egyptian history towns and villages had their own patron gods and goddesses, who they believed protected them. . Early Egyptian gods were often depicted as people, with human bodies, but with the heads of animals. . By Brenna Fulop. UCSF. 12-4-14. Most Dwellings. . Most of the ancient Egyptian dwellings were mud and straw bricks. They had two to three layers of bricks. They used to make huts of Papyrus reeds, plants that grew in marshes along the Nile, but they switched to mud bricks. Wood is very scarce in Egypt, so it isn’t used for building homes. They get the mud from the Nile’s annual flooding. The bricks would eventually crumble, so the more wealthy used stone instead. The houses all, excepting a few, had flat roofs.. Egyptian Pyramids. Pyramids of Giza. Egyptian Pyramids. How were the pyramids built?. Who built the pyramids?. Egyptian Pyramids. Did slaves build the great pyramid at Giza?. Did aliens build the great pyramid at Giza?. by Susan Mosley. In ancient Egyptian times, gods were extremely important. in making the country run properly so the Egyptians . w. orshipped gods for just about everything- flooding, health, love, having babies, the sun, the sky and so on.. 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. The people of ancient Egypt did not have scientific explanations for natural phenomena. . They believed sunshine . and . the great Nile River . were . gifts from their . many . gods. The beliefs . Music, singing and dancing played an important role in ancient Egyptian life. Music was played everywhere. As well as during dances, festivals and religious ceremonies, it was played at work, in battles and even in the tombs.. How do we know about ancient Egypt? Egyptian Sources. Learning Objectives:. To learn about the Rosetta Stone. To learn about Hieroglyphs. To learn about other sources of information for Ancient Egypt.