olitical
eligion
conomy
Trade
•By 3200 BC, ________________ were
trading with the ____________________
•Also traded up and down the Nile
–__________________
–__________________
–Cattle
Pharaohs
Granite blocks
•Egyptian kings = ____________________
•The Egyptians viewed their pharaohs the
same as the gods
–____________ WERE ____________
–Stood as center of _______________ as well
as _____________________ and __________
Type of Government = __________________
Religion
•______________________
•2,000 gods and goddesses
•Built huge temples to honor gods
•Believed in ____________________
Osiris – god of the dead
ocial
chievements
ntellectual
eography
•Knowledge in __________ =
•Very ________________ from
skillful _________________
the ________________ of
______________ Egypt’s united
kingdom allowed
–_______________
–Palaces
–High degree of ___________
–Stability
Lower Egypt
•Egyptian Architects __________ to
use __________ _____________ in
Cultural __________________
(staying the same)
homes, palaces and temples
Upper Egypt
•12 month, 365 day calendar from
Social pyramid
studying the stars
•Developed writing =
So accurate it was only
____________________
______________off from
–____________________
_____________ calendar year
writing system
________________ Deciphered Hieroglyphics
Discovered by
________________ army.
- Developed written
___________ for recording
taxes
–Addition, subtraction
•__________________________
– 4,100 miles long, flows
northward
•Every year in July the river
________________
______________________
leaving behind rich soil.
•The Nile is the _____________
river in the _____________!
Forbidden Deserts on either side
of the Nile = Natural barriers