Geography- Nile supplied fertile soil, too far away from Nile and growing plants and animals is almost impossible.
Silt collected on Nile from yearly flood
Challenges-Silt disappeared sometimes cause starvation
Floods destroyed houses and crops
2 regions of Egypt upper and lower kingdom with the upper being on the southern side and the lower being on the northern part and this was done because of elevation
Pharaohs held eternal power as rulers and gods of Egypt
Believed in an afterlife
Judged for good things you have done
Filled tomb with mummified body and with valuable
social class was important and women had rights which they could hold property and divorce
Hieroglyphs could be a sound, image or a letter
Calender was accurate by just a few hours
Pharoahs fell along with the old kingdom
the old kingdom led to the middle kingdom from outsiders
THe new kingdom came around after the middle kingdom fell.
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