Egyptian Empire

Empire

EGYPTIAN

Ancient Egypt began in the Nile River valley of northeastern Africa.The ancient Egyptians built huge pyramids, temples, palaces, and tombs.They produced art with simple scenes of everyday life, work, and play that shows many details of their lives.

The beginning (3100 BCE - 332 BCE)

• Egyptians thought that life continued after death, everything they might need in the next world was placed in their tombs.

• Villages and towns were situated near the Nile River. The houses were made of mud brick.

• Wall paintings are a source of information about how the common people lived with their children, hunted and farmed, raised animals, and performed daily tasks.

• The ancient Egyptians worshipped many gods.

• Many kings, called pharaohs, ruled ancient Egypt.

HOW was Life in ancient egypt?

• The Egyptians preserved the dead as mummies by removing the internal organs and preserving the body with salt or other chemicals.
• The coffin of Tutankhamun was made of solid gold.

• They built vast structures such as the pyramids.
• They were able to move large stone blocks by means of sledges, rollers, and ramps.

• The first Egyptian writing was in a picture form called hieroglyphics.
• The pictures, which stood for sounds of words, were cut or painted on the walls of tombs and temples.

ACHIEVEMENTS

These are the egyptians!

fALL OF THE EMPIRE

• Peoples from Asia, first Assyrians and then Persians, later took over Egypt.

• In 332 BCE Alexander the Great of Macedonia conquered Egypt.

• After Alexander’s death, Ptolemy, one of his generals, founded a new dynasty of Egyptian kings, called the Ptolemies.
• Under the Ptolemies Egypt grew rich and powerful.

• In 30 BCE Egypt lost its independence to Rome. and became part of the Byzantine Empire.

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