Ancient Egypt
Geography
- Centered around the Nile River
-Water for drinking, bathing, and transportation
-every July, it floods
-every October, it has incredible soil
-The delta is a broad, marshy triangular area of fertile silt
-manage the river required technological breakthroughs
Daily life
pharaoh, goverment officals, soliders, scribes, merchants, artisons, farmers, slaves
slaved helped wealthy
farmers raised wheat, barley and lentiles
artisons carved statues
mercants used a money barter system
Pyramids
last of the 7 ancient wonders of the world left standing
great sphinx of giza
built 2555-2532 BC
oldest monumental statue in the world
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