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Treasures of EgyptTreasures of Egypt
Life in EgyptLife in Egypt
River NileRiver Nile
IntroductionIntroduction
The end of the Egyptian civilizationThe end of the Egyptian civilization
What is civilization?What is civilization?
Hello! I’m an archaeologist. We are going to visit the centres of early civilization. First, let me tell you the meaning of civilization.
Hello! I’m an archaeologist. We are going to visit the centres of early civilization. First, let me tell you the meaning of civilization.
What is civilization?What is civilization?
Civilization is about the way of life in towns.
• could read and write
What is civilization?
• live in towns or cities• know how to make metal tools• trade with other people• has a government and laws
People become civilized when they:Do we ……
Yes
Do we live in a civilized society?
• know how to read and write?
• live in towns or cities?
Do we ……
Yes
Do we live in a civilized society?
• know how to make metal tools?
Do we ……
Yes
Do we live in a civilized society?
Do we ……
Yes
Do we live in a civilized society?
• trade with other people? • have a government and laws?
Do we ……
Yes
Do we live in a civilized society?
Where did the early civilization begin?
• Mesopotamia in West Asia• the Nile Valley in Egypt• the Indus Valley in India• the Huanghe Valley in China
Civilization first began in:
Early civilizationThe four centres of early civilization were all in river valleys.
The four centres of early civilization were all in river valleys.
Early civilization
They invented writings.
What were the common features of the people living in the four centres of early civilization?
Cuneiform writing of the Sumerians
They invented writings.
Early Chinese writing on an animal bones
What were the common features of the people living in the four centres of early civilization?
Tutankhamun’s golden mask
They used metals.
What were the common features of the people living in the four centres of early civilization?
A bronze pot of ancient China
What were the common features of the people living in the four centres of early civilization?
They used metals.
They built large towns.
The city of Babylon underNebuchadnezzar II
What were the common features of the people living in the four centres of early civilization?
Remains of the city of Mohenjo-Daro
They built large towns.
What were the common features of the people living in the four centres of early civilization?
They traded with other people.
Sumerian traders sailing in their reed boats
What were the common features of the people living in the four centres of early civilization?
Egyptian traders sailing to distant countries in large wooden ships
What were the common features of the people living in the four centres of early civilization?
They traded with other people.
They formed government.
Hammurabi’s pillar of laws
What were the common features of the people living in the four centres of early civilization?
They developed religion.
A bronze statue of an Indian god
What were the common features of the people living in the four centres of early civilization?
River NileRiver Nile
What is the climate of Egypt like?
Egypt is hot and dry.
Yes. It is because the river provides the Egyptians water.
Is it appropriate to call Egypt ‘the Nile’s gift’?
4. Spring - harvesting
Why was the River Nile important to the Egyptians?
1. Summer - flooding 2. Autumn - planting
3. Winter - watering
Life in EgyptLife in Egypt
Government
Do you know who he was?
He was the most powerful man in Egypt.
He was the pharaoh (Egyptian king). The Egyptians were
good farmers.
Farming
Shaduf – invented by ancient Egyptians
