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River valley Civilization

One of the oldest civilizations on earth.

It was located along the Nile River in northeast Africa.

Egyptian Legacies

Religion

Agriculture

Social classes

Medicine

Writing

Building

Horus: The protector of the ruler f Egypt

Thoth: The god of the moon, magic and writing.

Anubis: The god of mummification and afterlife.

Isis: The goddess of healing

Ra: The god of the sun

Osiris: The goddess of dead and ruler of the underworld.

• Summer flooding

• Autumn planting

• Spring harvesting

• Winter watering

• Big scale agriculture

Pharaoh: Depositary of divine rights, all powers were attributed to him through Horus.

Priests and nobles; the priests administered the temples, the nobles administered the country in the name of Pharaoh.

Officials and scribes; nobles were supported in their tasks by officials and scribes

Merchants and artisans; they sold a large number of products

Farmers; the peasants were the largest group, living in small adobe houses on the banks of the Nile River.

Slaves; They were usually foreigners, prisoners of war, or people given as tribute by other countries.

• Mummification

• Develop medicine to avoid sicknesses.

• Knowledge about the plants.

Hieroglyphics

Cyperus Papyrus

Rosetta Stone

• Used 3300 B.C.

• Write public and complex documents.

• Represent objects.

• It grows in marshy areas around the Nile river

• It was used to make the writing material.

• Is a strong, durable paper-like material

• Three scripts (hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek).

• It was carved in 196 B.C

• it was discovered in a town called Rosetta

• Demotic was the common script of Egypt.

• A mastaba is a type of Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed and rectangular structure.

• The Step Pyramid is an archeological remain in the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt.

• Hypogeum refers to an underground temple or tomb.

• Pyramid a monumental structure with a square or triangular base.