WHI: SOL 3a-e Egypt
Egypt (Social)
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Pharaoh, Royal family
Aristocrats (nobles)
Vizier- Chief Minister supervised the gov’t.
Merchants, artisans, soldiers, scribes
Peasants
Slaves (Prisoners of war, debtors- people who owe money, and criminals)
Egypt (Political)
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Pharaoh-king, thought to be one of the gods, but also humans
Hereditary Rule-power passes from father to son, remains within family
Pharaoh had control of the entire Egyptian kingdom (upper and lower Egypt)
– Hatshepsut
– Thutmose III
– Ramses II
Bureaucracy-a system of government that includes departments and levels of authority
Egypt (Economic)
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Farming
Trading
Conquering (New Kingdom)
Egypt (Religious)
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Polytheistic
Afterlife
Pharaoh as a god
Mummification- preservation of dead bodies for burial
Egypt (Achievements)
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Built the pyramids, Sphinx, etc.
Hieroglyphics- system of writing based on pictograms (pictures for ideas or words)
Rosetta Stone
Mummification
Advanced society
Math and astronomy
Medicine
Nubia
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2700 b.c. Nubia, also known as Kush, flourished south of Egypt
Traded with Egypt
Competition for control of trade led to invasions on conquering of one another
Exchange of culture
Meroe- capital city, center of trade
Traded ivory, gold, animal skins, perfume, iron, along the east-west Saharan trade routes
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