Ancient Egypt designed for my 6th grade class.

1. Welcome to
my world!
You mean our
world.
Sure, that’s
what I meant to
say.

2. The natural barriers the land
provided helped Egypt
survive through time.
To the north: Mediterranean
Sea and the Nile Delta
To the South: The cataracts of
the Nile River.
To the West: The Sahara
Desert
To the East: Desert and the
Red Sea

3. You need to know that
LOWER EGYPT is around
the Nile Delta.
Remember that a river
ends at the “mouth” of a
river.
UPPER EGYPT is
considered at the
beginning of the river. It
is here where the
cataracts are at.

4. Egypt is divided into Kingdoms.
Within the Kingdoms, there are multiple dynasties.
A dynasty is a line of rulers from one family.
Look at the bottom of the time-line to see the
dynasty numbers

5. King Narmer, also known as
Menes, was the king of Upper
Egypt, he led an army into Lower
Egypt and took control. He was
the beginning of the 1st dynasty of
Egypt. He wore a double crown,
the white to represent Upper
Egypt and the red to represent
Lower Egypt.

7. The Nile River was an
essential part of
Egypt. The floods
were much more
dependable than
those in
Mesopotamia. The
floods were gentle
and we never worried
our homes or land
would be destroyed.
The floods came from the heavy rains in the
spring and the melting snow in the highland
of Upper Egypt. The flood left behind a
layer of dark, fertile mud.

8. The Pharaohs of the Early Dynasties
built Step Pyramids. They were
called “step” because they wanted a
“stairway to heaven” for their late
pharaoh.

9. The OLD
KINGDOM
rulers were
known for their
great pyramids.
The Great
Pyramid of Giza
was build for
King Khufu
(KOO-foo).
Much of the technology used to build the
pyramids are still used today. Astronomy was
developed so they knew exact north. They
also develop geometry, to know exact angles
for walls and foundations. They invented
numbers based on ten, fractions and mixed
numbers for adding, subtraction, multiplying
and dividing.

10. This is the mummy of Ramses I
Inside the pyramid, the Egyptian Pharaoh was
put to rest. We believed that the next world is
better than life on Earth. One of the most
important written books was the Book of the
Dead. It contained spells and prayers that
helped in the afterlife.

11. Inside King Ramses II tumb.
Another thing we
believed was only
pharaohs and the elite
could obtain the afterlife.
We created a way of
preserving the body
called embalming. We
buried our pharaohs with
things they treasured
most in their life,
including gold, toys and
sometimes their own
servants (alive).
Items found inside King Tut’s tumb.

12. We gave up building
pyramids and
started a new form
of architecture. We
built our pharaohs
tombs into the cliffs
west of the Nile
River. Calling it the
Valley of the Kings.
The Middle Kingdom was about more land and
the blossoming of the arts. Our soldiers took
the land of Nubia (South of Egypt) and began
farming east of the Nile River to the Read Sea.

14. First, there as Narmer, or Menes. He was the There were so many
first to unite the Upper and Lower Egypt. great pharaohs in Egypt,
it’s hard to mention
them all. I’ll try to run
down some and their
Next, there was Ahmose, he major highlights.
drove off the Hyksos and
started the Middle Kingdom.
He led an uprising in Egypt Last for this slide is King
Tutankhamen, or King Tut for
using bronze and iron
short. He was about 10 years
weapons. old and was controlled by the
priest. He is famous because
Howard Carter found his tomb
We can not forget Hatshepsut. She was and all his treasures. That’s all.
the first female pharaoh. Her main
interest was developing trade. She Amenhotop IV was the religious
traded beads, metal tool and weapons reformer. He and his wife,
for GOLD, IVORY, EBONY, INCENSE, Nefertiti, took our polytheism
AND WOOD. She also built a huge beliefs and converted us to a
temple for herself in the monotheism. The only god to be
Valley of the Kings. What an EGO!!! worshipped was Aton.

15. Restore to original condition These are
of the
Temple of
Karnak.
Abu Simbel
I saved the last pharaoh for
He is called Ramses the last because he is the only
Great because of his military one to be designated as
genius, his construction and “Great”, Ramses II.
restoration of buildings, and
his popularity with his people.

16. So, from the Nile Crocodile…
To some partying
little pharaoh
skeleton
You’re done!!!
For Today ?