SPEC
Social
Having to do with people in groups; living together
Keywords in text:
Living together
Economic status
Ethnicity
Social occupation
Jobs
Political
Having to do with gaining, seeking, and organizing power; events related to the
function of government
Keywords in text:
Making laws
Enforcing and interpreting laws
Law
Government
Power
Economic
Having to do with how people meet their basic material needs.
Keywords in text:
The production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
Trade
Monetary policies
Taxes
Trade
Routes
Trade goods
Money
Cultural
Having to do with technology, arts, and institutions of a given group of people
Keywords in the text:
Family Life
Achievements
Religion
Art
Architecture
Education
Clothing
Food
The Old Kingdom
pgs. 90-95
Each group will get one SPEC topic to focus on.
Work in your group to summarize the Social, Political,
Economic, or Cultural characteristic of the kingdom.
Use the keywords to help you.
FIll in the chart for the characteristic you were assigned.
The Middle/New Kingdom
pgs. 96-100
Each group will get one SPEC topic to focus on.
Work in your group to summarize the Social, Political,
Economic, or Cultural characteristic of the kingdom.
Use the keywords to help you.
FIll in the chart for the characteristic you were assigned.
The Old Kingdom
Social
Social Pyramid:
1. Pharaoh
2. Nobles
3. Scribes and
Craftspeople
4. Farmers,
slaves, and
servants.
Political
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Theocracy: rule
by pharaoh who
was religious
and political
leader. Pharaoh
had absolute
power.
Came to earth to
manage Egypt
for the gods.
Menes and
Khufu
Economic
Cultural
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Mummies
● Nubia: gold,
ivory, slaves,
and stone.
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Belief in the
afterlife
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Polytheistic
● Punt: myrrh
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Built temples to
gods
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Pyramids are
burial sites for
pharaohs.
Trade:
● Syria: Wood
The Middle/New Kingdom
Social
Social Pyramid:
1. Pharaoh
2. Scribes
3. Artisans/
Artists/
Architects/
Soldiers
1. Farmers
and Slaves
Political
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Theocracy: rule by pharaoh
who was religious and political
leader. Pharaoh had absolute
power.
Came to earth to manage
Egypt for the gods.
Mentuhotep II, Ahmose,
Ramses the Great. Queen
Hatshepsut, Amenhotep IV,
King Tut, Thutmose
Battle with Hyksos
Conquered Syria
Took entire eastern shore of
the Mediterranean
Defeated Kush
Peace treaties with Hittites
Defeated Tehenu
Defeated Sea People
Conquered by Kush after
Ramses the Great
Economic
● Trade
expanded
● Sinai
Peninsula had
turquoise and
copper
Cultural
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● Traded with
Punt, Asia
Minor, Greeks,
Phoenicians
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Lived in their own
homes
Men were expected to
marry young
Women were devoted
to their homes and
families
Women had rights like
own property, have
contracts, and divorce
their husbands
Children played with
toys, ballgames, and
hunted.
Education
Hieroglyphics
Papyrus
Rosetta Stone
Temples
Tombs
Art