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The Ancient Egyptians By Maria Cuadrado
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Copied from Robin's originaL p:p A PRESENTATION FOR MY END OF THE YEAR SCIENCE CLASS. I'M 12.Thanks RobinAncient Egypt
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The Ancient EgyptiansBy Maria Cuadrado
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Egypt
North AfricaCairo- The CapitalThe Nile RiverHot, Dry, Desert
Egypt
Tourist Attraction Egypt’s flag
Grow cotton, rice and wheat.
Export oil, chemicals and cotton
Tourism
Advanced civilization five thousand years ago
Mysterious- left undiscovered for thousands of years under the sand
Movies and books have made them famous
Who were the Egyptians?
The creation of Egypt
• King Menes united upper and lower Egypt 3,200 years ago and wore the double crown
FarmingWhat did they grow?
What was the flooding season?
What clothes did the Egyptians wear?
The Egyptians used their army to expand their empire
Egypt became one of the strongest and richest empires in the world
Why did they build temples, statues and obelisks?
Why did the Egyptians build pyramids?
Special symbols/Egyptian writing The Rosetta stone- A bilingual dictionary
What were hieroglyphics?
Who did the Egyptians worship?
There were more than two thousand Egyptian Gods.Ra was the most important; he was the sun god.
Why did the Egyptians make mummies?
King Tutankhamen (Tut) became pharaoh◦ He was only 9 when he became the leader of
Egypt◦ He is the most well known of the Pharaohs
His tomb was filled with amazing treasures It was discovered by archaeologist, Howard Carter
The most famous Mummy?
Face of King Tut
Pharaohs began losing power◦ Egypt became weak and were invaded◦ Finally disappearing under the sand for
thousands of years.◦ Could this happen to us?????
What happened to the Egyptians?
Slideshare.com Primaryhomeworkhelp.com Britishmuseum.com Woodlandsprmaryschool/ancientegypt
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