Nile River Valley Civilization

​On which continent is the Nile River located?

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Why is the Nile River Valley Civilization important? ​

Nile River Valley Civilization

• Runs South to North

• Runs through present-day Burundi all the way up to Egypt (and empties in the Mediterranean Sea)

• Lower Egypt is in the North.

• Upper Egypt is in the South.​

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​The Nile River is in the shape of a Lotus Flower.

​The Nile River

​The Nile River

​The Nile River floods every year and provides farmers with a way to irrigate their fields.

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Northern Africa is primarily desert, so water is very important.​

Multiple Choice

True or False: The Nile River runs north to south.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What bodies of water does the Nile flow from and empty into?

• Lake Burundi

  Pacific Ocean

• Lake Victoria

  Mediterranean Sea

• Atlantic Ocean

  Lake Victoria

• Pacific Ocean

  Indian Ocean

​What do you notice about Egypt in the 300s BCE?

Multiple Choice

Which king united Lower and Upper Egypt?

• King Tutankhamun

• King Smenkhare

• King Menes

• King Edward

Multiple Choice

Which Pharaoh forced Egyptians to believe in the sun god, Aten, instead of the Ennead?

• Tutmoses

• Hatshepsut

• Tutankhamun

• Akhenaten

Multiple Choice

Which Greek ruler took over Ancient Egypt and established a dynasty that ruled there for 300 years?

• Alexander the Great

• Suleman

• Darius I

• Ptolemy

Multiple Choice

Which Pharaoh built many cities, temples & monuments, like Abu Simbel? He was known as the greatest Pharaoh, also called "The Great Ancestor."

• Nefertiti

• Akhenaten

• Ramses II

• Ramses IV

​Akhenaten moved the capital to Tel El Amarna (above pic).

Saqqara Pyramid (step) for Pharaoh Djoser​ (bottom pic)

​Egypt's contributions:

​Mathematics, Science, Engineering and Architecture - Built temples, monuments such as pyramids, Abu Simbel, Sphinx, Tel El Amarna, Saqqara.

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• Papyrus

• Knowledge of circulation & body organs; mummification

• Astronomy (pyramids are aligned with Orion Constellation)​

​Sumer used Base 60

​Egypt used Base 2

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Egypt's Religion​

​Egyptians worshipped many gods.

Their main group of gods were known as the Ennead (9 gods).

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In the 18th Dynasty, Akhenaten forced his people to switch from a polytheistic religion to monotheism.

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How would that have impacted the economy and its people?​

​Egypt's Economic Impact

​Akhenaten replaced everyone's gods with Aten, the Sun God.

​The Pharaoh rules over everyone. He gives directions to his priests.

The Priests tell the engineers, architects, and workers what to build.

If they aren't worshipping the same gods, and therefore, aren't needing temples for those gods, what happens to the workers and their wages?​

Open Ended

How did Akhenaten's major shift in religion (from polytheism to monotheism) affect the economy & society? EXPLAIN

Open Ended

Out of all the contributions Egypt had made, which one do you think is the most important and WHY?

(engineering/building, irrigation, mathematics, religious beliefs, etc)