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Egypt

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Nile River Runs south to north (900 miles in Egypt), total 3000+ miles in Africa, pharaoh owned it
Upper Egypt Lower Africa
Lower Egypt Upper Africa
North and South protected by water
East and west protected by land
Cataracts clouding of the lens (eyes), rapids in Nile so one can't sail continuously
Need/imported Wood
Wanted/imported Olives and wine from Greeks, ivory and blue stone
Sun god Most important, pharaoh brings back the sun
Slaves didn't build the pyramids Built by very religious people to secure afterlife, when Nile is overflowing
Giza 2600BCE, biggest one, 146 meters high, 2.5 million granite blocks
Necropolis Necro-dead, polis-city
3 periods of history 1. Old Egypt 2. Middle Egypt- underground tombs 3. New Egypt
King Tut discovered in 1922, tomb still intact
Old No tombs are intact, collect goods to put into tombs, food was brought to tombs and eaten by priests, takes 70 days to mummify, had names buried with them, rich were preserved better than royals
Middle Arts and crafts period, everyone could have an afterlife
New Even after expansion, all Egyptians could come back, Ramesses II, King Tut, Ikhanaton, Akhehaten
Amon/Amun/Ra/Aten highest god, sun god, disc
Isis Goddess of the Nile, goddess of fertility
Oriris husband of Isis, brother Seth tried to kill him,
Horis Son of Osiris and Isis, depicted as a falcon who protects the pharaoh, eye of Horis is on dollar bill
Ptah god of all life on Earth
Size 2-6 million people
Government fair and autocratic
Hittites present day Turkey, Indo-European people (from Russia?), discovered iron
Phoenicians Great trading people, traded with Britain, invented phonetic alphabet
Hebrews Jerusalem, Palestine, King Saul to David to Solomon, 10 commandments, Torah, Talmud
Rabbi Teacher of Jewish religion
Assyrians Tigris river, warriors, chariots, thick leather
Persia Worshiped god of father, Cyrus, Shah ah Sha, satraps, respected, build a royal road, mail system, polytheistic with a main god, freedom of religion, Anuranmazda, conflict between good and evil
Persepolis Pers= persians, polis= city
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