Group+Four

**Kris~** - Before the Nile River, what was Egypts water source? - If Egypt is mostly desert, how do Egyptians that don't live near the Nile get water? - Do people only live along the Nile? - Is Egypts landscape hard to cross, besides the fact that its desert? - What was/is the diffrence between what the Egyptians called "red land" and "black land"? - Why was the Nile called the "white nile" and "blue nile" when it was divided?
 * GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS **

**Fiona~** - Who was the first egyptian to find the settment location for the egyptian? - What time did the upper nile egyptians come together with the lower nile egyptians? - How did he nile river get its name? -Why were pyramids built where they are? -Why do they call the Nile the "backbone" of Egypt? - was the nile the only water source you could find?

**Gary~**
 * 1) How big is Egypt? A: 1,001,450 sq km
 * 2) What two rivers make up the Nile? A: The White Nile and the Blue Nile
 * 3) What seas border Egypt? A: The Mediterranean and the Red Sea
 * 4) Where are most of Egypt’s deserts? A: Western Egypt
 * 5) What are the black lands? A: The fertile land beside the Nile
 * 6) What are the red lands? A: The barren lands that surrounds Egypt

> > > ** CULTURE ** __Inventions__ Black Ink First Ox-Drawn Plows 345 Day Calendar and Leap Year Paper First Triangle Shaped Pyramids Organized Labor Hieroglyphics as an early system of writing Sails
 * Rex~ **
 * 1) What two rivers make up the Nile? A: The White Nile and the Blue Nile
 * 2) What seas border Egypt? A: The Mediterranean and the Red Sea
 * 3) Where are most of Egypt’s deserts? A: Western Egypt
 * 4) What are the black lands? A: The fertile land beside the Nile
 * 5) What are the red lands? A: The barren lands that surrounds Egypt
 * Gary~ **

** Fiona~ ** __Man made monuments__
 * 1) The Giza Pyramids
 * 2)  The Sphinx
 * 3) Abu Simbel
 * 4) Temple of Ptah
 * 5)  Valley of the kings

**Rex~** __Pharaohs for Timeline__ -Queen Hatshepsut-1473~1458B.C She ruled the most advance civilization in the world for 20 years. She left behind lots of monuements and the works of art. She lived during the New Kingdom. -Thutmose III-1479~1425B.C He never lost a battle and he expanded his empire into Syria and others parts of Southwest Asia. He left many obelisks. -Amenhotep II-1427~1392B.C He had successful military campaigns like his father Thutmose III and he had an extensive building programs with lots of monuements. -Tutankhamen-1336~1327B.C He died very young but the discovery of his tomb prodived us lots of infomation about ancient Egypt. Rameses III 1184-1153B.C He was the last great pharaoh. He had successful military campigns.

**Kris~** __Cultural Practices__
 * -Mummification**- Egyptian believed that it was important for the body to be mummufied so the it could continue to the afterlife. Mummifying the body required many steps and took about 70 days to complete.
 * -Pharaoh**- Pharaohs were believed to be gods or godesses in human form. They were the Kings or Queens of Egypt.
 * -Appearance**- Egyptians used makeup ( normally green and black) to darken their eyes, men usually wore a simple kilt tied around the waist while the women wore simple dresses. Finishing, they wore lots of jewlery, necklaces, earrings, armlets, bracelets, anklets, and rings.
 * -Houses**- Most Egyptians built their houses out of mud bricks, rich homes where decorated with wall paintings on the inside.
 * -Religion**- Egyptian believed in many gods and godesses, such as Re, the sun god, Anubis, the god of embalming and the dead, Osiris, the god of the dead and the underworld, and Isis, the godess of protection.

TIMELINE __**New Kingdom**__ -Religion -Houses -Appearance -Pharaoh -Mummification -Queen Hatshepsut -Thutmose III -Amenhotep II -Tutankhamen Rameses III Old Kingdom__** (I can't make the timeline if u guys don't have the dates~ Kris) **GOVE****RMENT** The government of ancient Egypt is very different from the government of the USA today. In the ancient Egypt the pharaoh could make and law he wanted because he or she would have ultimate power. But today, the USA government is much more elaborating then that. I a law wanted to be established, the House of Representatives write the law a pass it up to the senate. If the Senate rejects it then it goes back to the House of Representatives, and if a very large amount votes for the law to be established, then it is. If the Senate dose approve the law then the president must a prove it before it can be launched. But if the president discards it then it has to be send back down to the Senate, however if the House of Representatives and Senate take a vote and a large majority votes the law to be made then I can be made. If the president says ok, to the law, then it can be made. This system works that no one has more power than some one else, totally opposite for the Egyptians.
 * __Middle Kingdom
 * Fiona~**

Kris~ There is a huge difference between goverments in Ancient Egypt and the US goverment today. In Ancient Egypt, pharoahs had the power to decide almost everything, inclouding laws. A pharoah had the power to make any laws that he/she wanted. Even the most crazy ones. Today the goverment is different, if a law is to be past it must be approved from The House of Representatives, then the Senate, and finally the President. In Ancient Egypt, the pharoah also has the power to order any other people of power, and in the US Gov. the president can only order the ther govermental officials to a certain point, they also have certain power. **Kris~ ** Ahhenanten was orignally named Amenhotep IV but buring his reign he changed his name to Akhenaten meaning "Beneficial for Aten". He did this to honor the sun god- Re. During his reign, Akhenaten banished the tradional religious practice of worshipping gods the many gods that Egyptian religion had and ordered that everybody was to worship only Re. Later, he changed the name of the capital Thebes to Tell el-Amarna. There, he built an entire city to honor the Sun God, Re. The religion was later reverted back to the traditonal systems of worshipping many gods during Tutankhamen's (King Tut) reign. Amenhotep IV a true believer in sun god, that he later on changed his name to Ahhenanten. He believed that changing his name was a way of worshipping him. When Ahhenanten was pharaoh, he empowered new rules such as stopping religious practices and banded the worshiping of all the other gods expect Ra. He made the capital of Egypt based on Ra. Rameses that great was great. He abolished many deeds that help Egypt. Such as combining Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt, the construction of [|Abu Simbel] , the  [|hypostyle hall at Karnak]  , a  [|mortuary complex]  at  [|Abydos.]
 * HISTORY
 * Why would Akhenaten's beliefs about the Sun God Ra create such a stir in Ancient Egypt?
 * Fiona~**

Kris~** **1. Walking- Obviously, this was a very common form of transportation, used by more Egyptians. Egyptians would carry food, water and provisions and walk along the Nile River to cities. Trade took a long time seeing as the traders had to walk from city to city. 2. Boats- Boats were probably the best from of transprtation used by wealthy Egyptians and Merchants. A boat could carry huge cargo traveling at a pretty moderate speed down the Nile. It was also harder to rob a boat obviously because it was on water, only in reach of other boats. 3. Camels- Camels were also a common form of transporation used by many because camels could travel great lengths without water. Camels can also carry incredibly heavy cargo still able to cover great distances in a short time. 4. Horses- Horses were more recent that the camel. It was introduced to the Egyptians around 500~520 BC by trade. Horses became a handy form of transportation for the rich. Horses could carry medium sized cargo only but could gallop for miles at end. Horses could also pull wagons (chariots at the time) that could carry heavy loads of cargo. There were four ways the Ancient Egyptians got around. They got around on chariots, donkeys, boats, and camels. The Egyptians transportation helps the ancient Egyptians because it was easier to trade bigger amounts of items at once. This made it better because then the Egyptians could prophet more and become wealthier. The Egyptian travel so they could trade for things like gold, silver, copper, and other precious stones and metals. They produced perfume, toys and games, clothes, jewelry and make up. They also needed to travel to trade for animals like panthers, giraffes, monkeys, and lots of other things and animals.
 * ECONOMICS
 * 1. What types of transportation were used in Ancient Egypt and how did transportation effect trade?
 * Fiona~**

**TRIVIA**