Egyptian

Literature
 GEOGRAPHY
42 Nomes – No. of province
*norms = province
•22 – no. of nomes in the upper part
(south)
•20 – no. of nomes in the lower part
(north)
*upper part – south
*lower part – north
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Representations
•Upper part – lotus,
vulture, and white
crown
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•Lower part – red crown, cobra and
papyrus

Kemet – original name of Ancient Egypt

which means “black land”
 HISTORY
 3, 100 BC
- Civilized; 1st Dynasty; Narmer – “Menes”-
founder

 2,500 BC
-The 2nd Dynasty; practice of
mummification
*Saqqara – the location of the 1st stone pyramid
that was built by Zoser.

 2,000 BC
- Egypt colonized to expand their land
 HISTORY
 1,805 BC
*1ST female pharaoh – Sobekneferu; known as
'The Crocodile Queen, Her name honors the
crocodile god and represents power

 1,540 BC
*2ND female pharaoh – Hatshepsut; she
wanted peace rather than war.

*Thutmose I – husband and half brother of

Hatshepsut. He ruled Egypt for 4 yrs.
 HISTORY
1,353 BC
- practice of Monotheism –
worshipping one God. (Aten)
*Amenhotep IV – change his
name to Akhen(means other gods)
*Akhenaten – from the name of
god he wanted to change
 HISTORY
13th Century
- beginning of
Ramses(Pharaoh on Moses time.)
332 BC
*Alexander the Great – conquered
Egypt and adapted their beliefs.
 HISTORY
1805
- start of
Modernization
*Muhammad
Ali – the pharaoh
who
modernized
Egypt by building the
1st port last 1805.
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
*Mortuary – these are text which are
about death or burial
 MYTHOLOGY
Atum – the father of Egyptian mythology

Shu – god of air ; Tefnut – goddess of moisture

god of earth - Geb & Nut – goddess of sky

Osiris & Isis Seth & Nephtys

god
of fertility god of goddess of
goddess of fertility chaos air
Horus - one eye god; king of Ancient
Egypt mythology
 LITERATURE
I. Old Kingdom (3,100 BC)
 Papyrus – a tall
perennial grass where
Ancient Egypt use to
write on.
 Pyramid Text
 LITERATURE
II. 1ST Intermediate Period
(2,500 BC)
 Coffin Text
 the Dialogue of a man
with his Ba (which means
soul)
- story written in
coffin about their
pharaoh
 LITERATURE
III. Middle
Kingdom
( 2,000 BC)
Hymns and
songs for deity
and king
Cleopatra – one of the
well known pharaoh.
- She used her
beauty to tempt
some pharaoh.
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IV. New Kingdom ( 1,540 BC)
 Military, colonial
and heroism
 LITERATURE
V. Last Kingdom

 Adventures of
various magicians
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