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Ancient Egyptian Civilisation Resource Sample
Ancient Egyptian Civilisation Resource Sample
Ancient Egyptian Civilisation Resource Sample
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Generally, Egyptian history is divided into three historical segments; the old
kingdom, the middle, and the new. Each major period was also separated
with shorter intermediate periods.
Geography
● About 6000 BCE, settlements began to grow in Egyptian regions,
especially near the River of Nile. Most settlement near the Nile
Valley was few miles away of the river, which presented a water
resource and agricultural population.
● The Nile River flooded every year. In effect, Egyptians divided the
year into three seasons; the flooding, the growth, and the harvest.
● Historians claim that the unity of upper and Lower Egypt was on the
hand of a political figure named Narmer or Menes.
● In the Archaic Period, Egyptians used to be
farmers, living in small villages and fragmented in
all of Upper and Lower Egypt. The economic base
of ancient Egyptians depended on agriculture,
mainly wheat and barley.
● Early Egyptians believed that Egypt was divided
into two types of land, the black and fertile land
called kemet and Deshret or the red and desert
land.
● The Nile River was the only significant element in
the geography of Egypt, which made agriculture
Map showing Egypt in the
and the entire civilisation possible. north-eastern corner of
Africa
Egypt is surrounded with the Sahara Desert to the west, the Red Sea
to the east, the Mediterranean Sea to the North and the Cataracts to
the south.
THINK ABOUT THIS! ACTIVITIES FOR AGES 11-14
TERMS DEFINITION
1. Hieroglyphics
2. Pharaoh
3. Mummification
5. Papyrus
THINK ABOUT THIS! ACTIVITIES FOR AGES 14-16
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