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15516718689Nile River-4160 miles (last 70 were easily navigable) -Flows south to north -Winds flow from north to south -Flooding and irrigation make farming better0
15516718690Egypt Geography-Nile -Fertile farming land -Rocks and Minerals for building and technological advances1
1551671869112,000 BCEEarliest Settlements2
155167186926,000 BCENeolithic period -Beginnings of culture -Farming3
155167186933,800 BCEMining and advancements in technology and engineering4
155167186943,000 BCE-Hyroglyphics and papyrus gives written language -Rosetta stone (1798) makes translation possible5
155167186953,200 BCEMenes unified Upper and Lower Egypt6
15516718696Three KingdomsOld Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom7
15516718697Old Kingdom-2680 BCE -Built the biggest pyramids and the sphinx -Had Upper and Lower class8
15516718698Middle Kingdom-2050 BCE -Pharoahs reassert absolute rule -Hyksos (foreigners) begin trade and take residence9
15516718699New Kingdom-1570/1080 BCE -Hyksos are pushed out or enslaved -Capital moved to Thebes -Becomes an empire10
15516718700New Kingdom great leaders.Hatshepsut, Thutmose III, Amenhotep IV, Ramses II11
15516718701End of Egyptian Rule300 BCE12
15516718702Architecture and the Arts-The Great Pyramids (2600 BCE) -Paintings, carvings, and sculpture13
15516718703Science, Math, and Medicine-12 month, 365 day calendar -Number systems based on 10's -Used herbs and understood the human body14
15516718704RaThe sun god: Father of Osiris, Isis, and Seth15
15516718705OsirisGod of the underworld; First ruler of Egypt16
15516718706IsisWife of Osiris: Put osiris back together after he was cut into pieces by Seth: Mother of Horus17
15516718707SethBrother of Osiris: Overthrows his brother. Seth was believes to be the source of disharmony and disorder in the world.18
15516718708HorusSon of Osiris and Isis. Believed to be the protector of earthly kings and Pharohs.19
15516718709ThothGod of wisdom20
15516718710Society and Economy-Farming by peasants: Wheat, Barley, Flax and Cotton21
15516718711Trade-Excess food leads to trade -Merchant class and caravans22

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