Egypt maria

The Ancient EgyptiansBy Maria Cuadrado

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Egypt

North AfricaCairo- The CapitalThe Nile RiverHot, Dry, Desert

Egypt

Tourist Attraction Egypt’s flag

Grow cotton, rice and wheat.

Export oil, chemicals and cotton

Tourism

Advanced civilization five thousand years ago

Mysterious- left undiscovered for thousands of years under the sand

Movies and books have made them famous

Who were the Egyptians?

The creation of Egypt

• King Menes united upper and lower Egypt 3,200 years ago and wore the double crown

FarmingWhat did they grow?

What was the flooding season?

What clothes did the Egyptians wear?

The Egyptians used their army to expand their empire

Egypt became one of the strongest and richest empires in the world

Why did they build temples, statues and obelisks?

Why did the Egyptians build pyramids?

Special symbols/Egyptian writing The Rosetta stone- A bilingual dictionary

What were hieroglyphics?

Who did the Egyptians worship?

There were more than two thousand Egyptian Gods.Ra was the most important; he was the sun god.

Why did the Egyptians make mummies?

King Tutankhamen (Tut) became pharaoh◦ He was only 9 when he became the leader of

Egypt◦ He is the most well known of the Pharaohs

His tomb was filled with amazing treasures It was discovered by archaeologist, Howard Carter

The most famous Mummy?

Face of King Tut

Pharaohs began losing power◦ Egypt became weak and were invaded◦ Finally disappearing under the sand for

thousands of years.◦ Could this happen to us?????

What happened to the Egyptians?

Slideshare.com Primaryhomeworkhelp.com Britishmuseum.com Woodlandsprmaryschool/ancientegypt

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