Blog 18

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Today in Western Civ we went over some notes in class for our test tomorrow on Egypt here are some notes;
- land of the Pharaohs
the nile and the "two lands"
-upper Egypt was a 500 mile long strip of fertile land along the nile
-lower Egypt was there wide land of the Nile delta emptying into the Mediterranean Sea
-the Nile was the major provider for Egyptians
- 3100 B.C. the two lands were united under Narmer (king or pharaoh)
- Government by a God- King
-Pharaoh was all powerful, worshipped as a God, and intimately connected to other Egyptian gods and goddesses
- Egyptians relied on a harmony and balance of the universe, which they called "maat"
-Gods, Humans, and Everlasting life
- gods were often portrayed with animal heads or bodies
- Egyptians believed in an afterlife (ka)
- mummified bodies to preserve them for post-death journey
- The writing of the word of God
-earliest form of writing formed (3100 B.C.) - hieroglyphics by Jean Francois Champollion (Rosetta Stone)
- Egyptian script was written on papyrus- Egyptian scrolls
- Calendars and Sailboats
-Egyptian astronomers created a calendar with 12 months and 365 days to make better of seasonal cycles
- wooden sailboats were constructed to increase transportation ability on the Nile
Pyramids and Temples
- pyramids were massive stone tombs


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