- Earliest Egyptian writing formed c 3100 BC and were small pictures known as hieroglyphics
- Egyptian script was usually written in ink, on papyrus, which was made from mashed Nile reeds
- Papyrus, the precursor to paper, was stored in scrolls and the scrolls were the books of ancient Egypt
- Egyptian astronomers created a calendar with 12 months and 365 days to make better sense of the seasonal cycles
- Due to their excellent knowledge of human anatomy, Egyptian doctors wrote extensively on health issues and created potions and cures for a number of common ailments
- Wooden sailboats were constructed to increase transportation on the Nile
- Cataracts- rapids in the Nile
- The pyramids were massive stone tombs, originally covered in marble, but later stripped off during Muslim Conquest
- The temple of Amon at Karak is the largest religious building in the world
- Stone sculptures and interior painting depicted humans and gods in a series of regulated poses, often in profile and with perspective but were highly effective
- Rosetta Stone- polished black stone- Greek and Hieroglyphics translation
- Jean Francois Champollion- broke the code on the Rosetta Stone
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- Cataracts- rapids in the Nile
- Delta- broad, marshy, triangular area of land formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of the river
- Narmer- king-wore crown of lower Egypt and crown of upper Egypt- created double crown from the red and white crowns- symbolize united kingdom
- Pharaoh- Egyptian god-kings- as powerful as the gods of heaven
- Theocracy- type of government in which rule is based on religious authority
- Pyramid- resting place after death- magnificent monuments
- Mummification- embalming and drying the corpse to prevent it from decaying
- Hieroglyphics- comes from greek meaning "sacred carving"- pictures stood for ideas
- Papyrus- grew in marshy deltas- formed paper like sheets to write on
- The temple of Amon at Karak is the largest religious building in the world
- Rosetta Stone- polished black stone- Greek and Hieroglyphics translation
- Jean Francois Champollion- broke the code on the Rosetta Stone
- The nile river flows northward across Africa for over 4,100 miles- longest river
- Nile River flows north to South
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