Powerpoint of Egypt

Today in class we went over a power point. The power point talked about Egypt their geography,daily life,pharaohs, goddesses and gods, and their pyramids. The Egyptian life is centered around the Nile River and the river flows from the south to the north.  The river was used for drinking water, for irrigation, for bathing, and for transportation. The river was very dependable because every July it floods and every October it leaves behind rich soil. The delta is a broad marshy triangular area of fertile silt. Managing the river required technological breakthroughs with irrigation. The daily life of Egyptians depended on what class they were.  The divisions of their life was pharaohs, government officials like nobles and priests, soldiers  scribes,merchants,artisans,farmers, slaves and servants. Slaves and servants helped the wealthy with household and child raising duties. Farmers raised wheat, barley,lentils, onion, and they benefited from the irrigation of the Nile. Artisans would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife. They had a money/ barter system that was used. Merchants might except bags of grain for payment. Later their became a coinage that was used. Scribes kept records, told stories, wrote poetry,described anatomy and medical treatments. They wrote in hieroglyphs and hieratic. Soildera used wooden weapons like bows and arrows and spears with bronze tips. They also rode chariots. The pyramids were very common in Egypt. The great sphinx of Giza is the oldest monumental statue in the world. It was a statue of a recumbent lion with a humans head. It was built 2555-2532 B.C and it took 23 years to build.