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
Notes
- Nile river flows northward across Africa for over 4,100 miles- longest river
- Gift of Nile- brought water and rich soil
- Nile was regularly unlike the Tigris and Euphrates river- provided water and rich soil like clock work (on the regular)
- Nile had less then regular then thousands of people starved
- Overflow caused flooding which destroyed houses, plants, etc.
- Deserts on either sides of the Nile caused people to live in small areas
- Egyptians lived along the Nile
- In Mesopotamia, kings were considered to be representatives of God
- To Egyptians, kings were Gods
- Believed that their king ruled after death
- Egyptians were polytheistic
- Most important Gods- Re (sun), Orisis (dead)
- Hieroglyphics were the first writing (pictures)
- Pharaohs declined in 2180 BC
I also studied for the upcoming Mesopotamia quiz that I missed on Wednesday.
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