Lord of the Pharaohs
The Nile and the "Two Lands"

• Upper Egypt was a 500 mile long ship of fertile land along the Nile; Lower Egypt was 

I came to class late so i was not able to finish the notes in class.

Daily Life

• slave/servents helped the weathy with household childraising duties
• reaised wheat, barley, lentils, onions - benefitted from irrigation of the Nile
• artisans would carve statues and relifes showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife
• money/barter system was used - merchants might accept bags of grain for payment - later, coinage came about
• scribes kept records, told stories, wrote poetry described anatomy and medical treatments
• they wrote in hieroglyphs and hieratic
• soldiers used wooden weapons (bows&arros, spears) w/bronze tips and might ride chariots
• upper class, known as the "white kilt class" - priest, physicians, engineers

Religous and political leader
Pharaohs

• the political and religous leader of Egypitain people, holding the titles: 'Lord of the Two Lands' and 'High Priest of Every Temple'
• as 'Lord of the Two Lands' the pharaoh was the ruler of the upper and lower Egypt. He owned all land, made laws, collected taxes, & defended Egypt against foreigners
• Hatshepsut was a woman who served as pharaoh
• Cleopatra VII also served as pharaoh but much later (51 - 30 BC) more on her when we study Greece

Goddesses & Gods

• over 2000 gods &goddesses
• they "controlled" the lives of humans

Ancient Egypt
Geography

• egyptian life is centered around the nile river
• the nile river flows south to north
• 3 different rivers converge into 1 river to create the nile
• the nile is the longest river in the world 
• water for drinking, for irrigation, for bathing, and for transportation
• first to invent the sail boat
• every july it floods
• every october it leaves behind rich soil (silt)
• the delta is a broad, marshy triangular area of fertile silt
• manging the river required technoloical break throughs in irrigation

Pyramids

• The Great Sphinx of Giza
• bulit in 2555-2532BC
• a recombent lion with human's head
• oldest monumental statue in the world

Daily life

Today in class we took a quiz on the Video that we watched all last week. I think I did okay and past.

Today I was not in class because I am very sick and ended up going to Express Care.

Today in class we had a lock-down drill. After the drill we continued to watch the video and take notes on it.

Today in class we watched avideo and took notes. I was late so I didnt see the beginning of the video and I dont know what the name of the video was.