Mesopotamia and Egypt

1. RIVER CIVILIZATIONS:RIVER CIVILIZATIONS:
Mesopotamia and EgyptMesopotamia and Egypt

2. Hello, welcome to the travel
agency "viajiris".
On this trip we will enjoy an
amazing journey time.
We'll go to Mesopotamia and
Egypt.
It will be a trip extravagente.

3. MesopotamiaMesopotamia

4. WHERE AND WHEN THEY LIVEDWHERE AND WHEN THEY LIVED……

5. Mesopotamia,Mesopotamia,
between the Tigris and Euphratesbetween the Tigris and Euphrates
Mesopotamia was divided into two regions:
Asiria Caldea
It arose in Mesopotamia, to the fourth millennium A.C.

6. ••A complex story •A complex story •
The Sumerians, Akkadians and Assyrians
alternated in power

7. Mesopotamian society

8. Privileged groups
The privileged groups had all
the rights and owned most
of the wealth

9. He provided much of the landHe provided much of the land
and occupied the highestand occupied the highest
positions.positions.
The aristocracy was formed by the
king's family and the nobility

10. The priests lived in the temples and
were responsible for religious rituals.
They owned land and craft workshops,
and collaborated in the government

11. Were officials. Could read, write and
count. They are controlling the quality of
products and the actual files written down
on the amount produced by each worker.
the scribesthe scribes

12. the rest of the populationthe rest of the population

13. Peasants: They rented the land surrounding the
city and belonged to the king or to the temples
Artisans worked in the workshops.

14. Women were
subject to the
authority of men

15. CULTURE AND ART MesopotamianCULTURE AND ART Mesopotamian

16. THE RELIGION
The Mesopotamians were
polytheists
Anu Ishtar
Enlil

17. They are represented as people, but
were immortal
Also dreams or divination
The gods were manifested
through natural phenomena

18. The arquitectureThe arquitecture
The temple wasThe temple was
the seat ofthe seat of
governmentgovernment
The Mesopotamians were great buildersThe Mesopotamians were great builders

19. EGYPTEGYPT

20. WHERE AND WHEN THEY LIVEDWHERE AND WHEN THEY LIVED

21. Egypt, gift of the Nile
Ancient Egypt was a
civilization that arose
when grouped settlements
on the banks of the middle
reaches and lower reaches
of the Nile River.

22. THE STAGES OF THE HISTORY OF EGYPTTHE STAGES OF THE HISTORY OF EGYPT

23. During the Age of Metals twoDuring the Age of Metals two
great kingdoms were formedgreat kingdoms were formed
on the Nileon the Nile
One in Lower Egypt, in
the delta
Other in Upper
Egypt

24. Legend has it that by 3100 B.C. King
Menes united the two kingdoms and
became the first pharaoh of Egypt.

25. In the history of Egypt are three stages:In the history of Egypt are three stages:
The Old Kingdom 3100 a.C. – 2500 a.C.
The Middle Kingdom. 2050 a.C.- 1580 a.C.
The New Empre. 1580 a.C.- -31 a.C.

26. The government: PharaohThe government: Pharaoh

27. Pharaoh concentrated all powers
The Egyptians believed that
the pharaohs were gods

28. Pharaoh is the biblical name given to the king
of ancient Egypt. For the ancient Egyptians
was the first pharaoh Narmer, denominated
Menes by Manetho, who ruled around the year
3050. C. The last pharaoh was a woman:
Cleopatra VII, of Greek descent, who reigned
from 51 to 30. C.

29. State administrationState administration

30. NoblesNobles
They were members of the
family of Pharaoh and also
families with wealth

31. Religious rites directed
and administered the
temples
PriestsPriests

32. the scribesthe scribes
Official documents drafted
and carried accounts of
actual taxes and goods
coming in and out of
stores palace.

33. Protecting
the borders
of Egypt
The armyThe army

34. Egyptian society

35. A largely rural society

36. Most of the
Egyptian
population was
subject to
Pharaoh, the
nobles and
priests.

37. Life in citiesLife in cities

38. In Egyptian cities there were people who were engaged in trade
and crafts
• Traders bought wood, perfumes and metals in
distant lands, and sold in Egypt.
• The crafts were varied: sculptors, ceramic
manufacturers, papyrus, glass, linen fabrics and
metal objects, etc.
• The servants, served a lord, performing tasks and in
return were given a modest salary.

39. Slaves were people
who had no rights.
They used to be
prisoners of war.

40. Egyptian women enjoyed
few rights they had no
other women of old

41. Egyptian temples were
built for the official cult
of the gods and the
commemoration of the
pharaohs in ancient
Egypt and in the
regions under their
rule.

42. For Egyptians, the human being was made not only for the
body but also by many "manifestations" (kheperu) or
components of personality, as akh or aj, the ba, the ka,
the name (ren) and shadow (sheut). At the time of death, it
considered as a natural phase of the life cycle, a transition
from earthly life and beyond, the separation between the
body and those spiritual elements, although scattered
throughout the cosmos took place, preserved full their
individuality.

43. Egyptian tombs.
The Egyptians believed in life after death and thought it was
necessary to keep bodies for this second life.
They turned the bodies into mummies. To do so, the bodies dried
and wrapped in bandages, then kept them in a sarcophagus and
buried in tombs.
Around the sarcophagus they put everything they believed the dead
would need in the afterlife: clothes, food, jewelry ...
The larger tombs of the pharaohs were, for example, of Gizeh.

44. One of the characteristics of ancient Egypt is its singular art, with monumental
works that were generally symbolic funeral or religious nature.
Although the concept of art is modern, it is perfectly usable in architecture,
sculpture, painting and Egyptian jewelry, and many of its authentic
accomplishments art and not mere craftwork.
Thanks to the dry climate of Egypt and be covered by the sands of the desert (or
buried by their owners to enjoy them in the "afterlife"), we have arrived in
acceptable condition multitude of works of art, despite the use of the monuments
as quarries, wars or the innumerable sackings of tombs and temples.

45. Where can I find this information?Where can I find this information?
-En el libro-En el libro
-https://es.wikipedia.org-https://es.wikipedia.org
-https://investigayaprende.wordpress.com/webquest/1º--https://investigayaprende.wordpress.com/webquest/1º-
eso/cienciaseso/ciencias

46. By: NicoleBy: Nicole
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