3/4/19

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Today in class we took notes on a powerpoint after being told we will have a quiz on Egypt tomorrow.

The Nile and the "Two lands"
Nile flows South to North
Upper Egypt- mountain. 500 mile long strip of fertile land  along Nile
Lower Egypt- Mediterranean Sea. Widens out, reaches Delta,
people lived around the Nile river for food/ plantation purposes leaving the rest of the desert   abandoned. This allowed for a great natural barrier as for you can also see foreign enemies from afar.
in 1300 B.C the lands were united by a pharaoh named Narmer.
A Pharaoh is a God-King that is said to be connected to the Gods
Egyptians believed that Gods were pretreated by half human/ half animal
believed in an afterlife and they mummify bodies to preserve the pharaohs then put them in tall, huge pyramids


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