Adopted from Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY A View of Egypt by Satellite Select which of the 5 Things Needed For A Civilization the pictures go with Ramses on the Delta Cites as centers of trade Nile Irrigation-the Shaduf Advanced Technologies Menes: Unifier of Upper & Lower Egypt Institutions - Government c. 3050 B. C. E. ? Ancient Egyptian Housing Middle Class Homes Specialized Workers-stone masons Peasant Homes Scenes of Ancient EgyptianDaily Life Specialized Workers-farmers, fisherman, metal workers Specialized Workers-Scribes and Record Keeping Egyptian Scribe Papyrus Paper Hieratic Scroll Piece Papyrus Plant Egyptian Math & Draftsmenship 1 10 100 1000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000 What number is this? 2,525 Champollion & the Rosetta Stone Hieroglyphic High Egyptian Demotic Common Egyption Greek Language of those that ruled at the time Some Famous Egyptian Pharaohs Tutankhamon 1336-1327 B. C. E. Thutmose III 1504-1450 B. C. E. Ramses II 1279-1212 B. C. E. Ankhenaton: First Monotheist? 1352-1336 B. C. E. Queen Nefertiti Giza Pyramid Complex Did slaves build the pyramids or skilled workers? Plan of the Great Pyramid of Khufu Making Ancient Egyptian Beer Making Ancient Egyptian Wine Abu Simbel: Monument to Ramses II 1279-1213 B. C. Saved from the lake created by Aswan Dam Hittite Empire Hattusas Hattusas: Capital of the Hittites Hattusas – Lion’s Gate Hittite Chariots & Warriors Hittite Writing A Balance of Power: 1200 B. C. E. The Battle of Kadesh Ramses II at Kadesh Treaty of Kadesh Phoenician Sea Routes A Phoenician Bireme Ship The “Royal Purple” Dye Phoenician City of Byblos: “Home of the Alphabet” Phoenician Alphabet Carthage: Phoenicia’s Mightiest Colony The Assyrian Empire Assyrian Military Power Assyrian soldiers carrying away the enemy’s gods. Jewish Captives: c 8 BC Israelites in Captivity