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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt saw the rise and fall of many influential leaders, each leaving a significant mark on its history. Akhenaten challenged traditional religious structures by introducing the worship of Aten, which led to the destruction of his monuments posthumously.

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt

Warfare

Soldiers
Trained regularly
Couldn't go to war until age 20
Began combat training early on (around age 5)
Enemy Civilizations
Lybians
Hyksos
Nubians
Military Aspects/ Equipment
Weaponry

Projectile weapons were used to weaken the opposing army before contact

Javelins

Spears

Slings

Archers
Chariots
Standing army
Wars
Hyksos and the invasion of ancient Egypt

Foreigners infiltrated the country

Battle of Meggido

15th century BCE

Battle of Pelusium

In the Nile Delta

Battle of the delta

1175 BCE

Battle of Kadesh

1274 BCE

Old Kingdom
Weapons

Shields, spears, cudgels, bows and arrows, etc

Politics

Law System
Followed teachings of Ma'at
Based on common sense
Central Government
Ancient Egyptians had a sense of superiority over foreigners
Not much enslaving of entire ethnicities
Theocratic Monarchy
Kings ruled by the mandates from the gods
The first (2) Kingdoms

Kings wore a white crown

Kings wore a red crown

Social Organization
Lowest Class - Slaves

Prisoners of war

Lower Class - Farmers, Peasants

Majority of population

Upper Class - Scribes

Educated class

Upper Class - Priests, Senior Officials, etc.

Managed property, taxes, storehouses

Highest Class/ Rulers - Pharaohs

Instated laws, taxation, etc

Influential Leaders

Cleopatra

Last pharaoh of Egypt

Menes

Founded Memphis

1st dynasty began with him

Nubian king responsible for uniting Egypt

Djoser

Extended Egypt's southern borders

His vizier was Imhotep

Devised idea of step pyramid

Magnum Opus

Started a zoo

Found a land rich in products

Led a 1000km expedition out of Egypt into Punt

Ramsses II

born into non-royal family

Most powerful pharaoh

Tutankamun

Walked with a limp

His left foot had been clubbed

Tomb discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter

Akhenaten

Challenged intellectual structure of Egypt

His revolution angered priests and nobles

All of his monuments were destroyed upon his death

Abandoned traditional gods of Egypt and introduced god Aten

Changed his name in honour of Aten

Introduced god Ate, disc of the sun

Thutmosis III

Expanded empire

Known as the "Napoleon of Egypt"

Greatest warrior pharaoh

Hatshepsut

Name means "Foremost of noble ladies"

Ruled in co-regency with Thut III after the death of Thut II

Married Thut II at age 12

Was the only living heir of Pharaoh Thutmosis I and his Great Wife

Khufu
Pepi II

His death caused the division of the Old Kingdom

Lived to the age of 94

Prominent Events

Ancient Egypt's Decline
Greek Period

Greeks ruled Egypt for 300 years

Greeks captured Middle East, Asia, Egypt

Alexander "The Great" rose to power in Greece and conquered Mediterranean in 300s BCE

New kingdom fell apart

Nobles & priests fought for power

2nd Intermediate Period
A family from Upper Egypt drove the Hyksos out and formed the New Kingdom
Innovations introduced
Ruled by Hyksos kings
Middle Kingdom's Decline
Hyksos conquered lower Egypt
Immigration weakened authority
Pharaohs had short reigns
Caused by lack of leadership
The Middle Kingdom
Amenemhat I setup new government outside of Memphis

Prosperity returned

Irrigation systems repaired and improved

New leadership emerged from Thebes

Priests replaced god Re with patron god of Thebes, Amon

Position of governor was granted to middle class citizens

Humble origins made them obedient

Old Kingdom's Demise
Pepi II died & the kingdom was divided in 2.
Priests & government officials gained power
The Old Kingdom
Hieroglyphic writing improved
Regulated and improved TRADE
Engineering skills developed

Pyramids of Giza were built

Introduction of pharaohs
King Djoser built a strong central government
1st - 4th dynasties
2650 - 2134 BCE
The "Beginning of Egypt"
3rd: Nomes were taken over by kingdoms
2nd: Nomes fought for power
1st: Nomes emerged

Daily Life

Family Structures
Women

Comforted their husband

Denied roles of superiority (scribes, government members)

Men

Head of the household

Children

Young boys shaved their heads, leaving one lock of hair. When they reached manhood, their lock was cut off

Male children were most desired, for it was they who organized their parents' funeral processions

Children were deemed important

Homes
Roofs were made of papyrus and clay
Mud bricks were the primary building material
Indicator of Social Class

Wealthy citizens had larger residences

Homes were walled-in

Several bedrooms, storerooms

Central rooms stated the wealth of a home owner

Amenities such as fruit trees, slaves and gardens

Poor folks lived in simple huts

Homes were close together

Lacked amenities like gardens

Food

Wealthy people ate beef, antelope, gazelle, baked goods and drank wine

Common people ate bread, ducks and geese and drank beer from barley

Clothing
Personal Grooming

People used hair combs, mirrors and razors

Class Specific

Makeup and perfume indicated upper class citizens

Some people wore dark wigs to protect themselves from the sun

In the Middle and New kingdoms, wigs were beaded

Wealthy individuals wore white linen gowns, leather sandals and capes

In the Middle and New kingdoms, gowns became more ornamented

Farmers wore bin cloths or tunics

Footwear was very uncommon. In rainy weather, they wrapped their feet in rags

Culture/ Arts

Importance
Art commemorated the culture of various eras and kingdoms
Buildings (temples, pyramids) were decorated with paint, or etched on in hieroglyphics
Most common written language in ancient Egypt
Influences

Pharaohs

Painted in profile view

Very commonly depicted in art form

Gods

The Heavens

The two kingdoms
The Nile River
Functionality
Protection was the driving force in the production of art
Primary concern was function
Writing/ Literature
Hieroglyphics

A gift from Toth

24 basic consonants

Less than 2% of the population were literate

Geography

Cities
Memphis

First temple built to god Ptah

Still around 3500 years later

Capital city

Cairo

Pharaohs' treasures

Alexandria

Became centre of Greek-speaking world

Trading hub

Named after Alexander "The Great"

Sea/ River
Mediterranean Sea

Acted as a defensive border on Egypt's North

Utilized for trade between Egypt and other countries such as Greece, Italy and Turkey.

Nile River

Branches into "White" and "Blue" Nile in modern day Sudan.

White Nile is in Sudan

Blue Nile is in Ethiopia

Crucial for farming

Acted as a sustainable source of food and water.

Lifeblood of ancient Egypt. It made the desert habitable.

Over 4000 miles

Delta

106km in length

Makes for 240km of coastline

Land/ Desert
Regions

Lower Egypt

Nile River's delta (turns into Mediterranean)

Upper Egypt

Black Land & Red Land

Black Land

Rich soil along the banks of the Nile

Egyptians called it "Kemet"

Red Land

Land beyond fertile region

Saharan Desert

Acted as a border of defence on Egypt's South, East and West

Religion

Rituals
Casting Magic Spells
Mummification

Preserved the bodies and souls of the deceased and increased their likelihood of entering afterlife

Beliefs
Ancient Egyptians were polytheistic people who believed that gods and goddesses controlled the forces of the human, natural, and supernatural world.
Gods/ Goddesses
Horus

Falcon head

Sky god

Ptah
Hathor

Cow head

Motherhood/ fertility

Sekhmet

God war, healing

Anubis

Funerary practices

Re

Head of hawk

God of sun

Isis
Osiris

God of underworld

Illnesses and Medicine
Doctors had to be able to read religious literature
Diseases thought to be inflicted by gods as punishment for sin

Technology

Architecture
Materials

Temples, pyramids and palaces were mainly made of stone

Pyramids

Built by farmers during flood season and soldiers when not needed

Pyramids of Giza

Fourth Dynasty's creation

Took 20 years to build each pyramid

Built to honour Pharaoh Khufu

Step pyramid of Djoser

Required 1000s of labourers and 1000s of tonnes of stone

First monumental stone building constructed

60m in height, 10m per step

Predates the Great Pyramids of Giza

Built in Saqqara

Temples

Temple of Thoth

Temple of Dendur

Luxor temple

Great Aten temple

Economy

Education
Work-study method was available
Drill and memorization were methods employed
Formal Schools

Science, medicine and math were taught

Scribes and priests trainees

Controlled by priests

Vocational skills were taught on the job. Ex: engineering, sculture, architecture
Trade
Transport

Boats traveled along the Nile River and the Mediterranean Sea

Imports

Ivory

Animals

Ebony

Resins

Exports

Grain

Papyrus

Woods

Linen

Gold

Traded with countries like Greece, Turkey and Punt
Agriculture
Irrigation Systems

Annual floods of the Nile were very important

Kept land fertile

Farmers grew many crops

Fruits

Barley

Wheat

Vegetables

Currency
Cash was introduced after the Persian invasion