Geography
- centered around the Nile River
- flows from South to North
- 3 branches of the Nile River
- over 4,000 miles log
- water is for drinking, bathing, irrigation, and transportation
- Egyptians invented the sailboat
- every July it floods
- every October it leaves behind rich soil
- Delta is a broad, marshy triangular area (like a D) of fertile soil
- manage river required technology breakthrough
Pyramids
- the Great Sphinx of Giza - built 2555 - 2532 BC - a recumbent lion with a human's head - oldest monumental statue in the world
Daily life
- Pharaoh
- government officials
- solders
- scribes
- merchants
- artisans
- farmers
- slaves/ servants
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