prehistory - 6

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 1

Today's planning

Read 1.4: Ancient Egypt

Info about Egypt

Work on your assignments

Read the text

Read paragraph 1.4; Ancient Egypt

Done?

Start working on assignment

2, 3, 4, 6, 8

Ancient Egypt

Main questions:

- How did the Ancient Egyptians get their food?

- How was Ancient Egypt governed?

- How did people live together in Ancient Egypt?

- What do we know about Ancient Egypt?

Ancient Egypt

Farming in Egypt

Egypt is a desert

Fertile silt (clay) around the Nile

Farmers planted crops there

Ancient Egypt

Farming in Egypt

Canals and pools to catch water > irrigation

Irrigation caused a agricultural surplus

Craftsmen traded their products for food

Some even became merchants

Ancient Egypt

Pharaohs

Egypt was governed by a king, a pharaoh

Tasks:

- making laws                                          - talking to the gods

- making people follow them

- leader of the army

Ancient Egypt

- Pharaoh

- priests

- officials: generals, treasure keepers

- scribes: reading and writing, doing taxes

- Merchants and craftsmen

- farmers

- slaves

Drawing Egyptian society

Ancient Egypt

Gods of nature

Egyptians believed in many gods

polytheism

What to do now?

Read paragraph 1.4; Ancient Egypt

Make assignment 2, 3, 4, 6, 8