geography-Nile, drinking, irrigation, bathing, transportation. only people with sail boats. every July it floods.every October it leaves behind rich soil. managed the river to direct it in a way they wanted called irrigation. only people to have calendars.delta, marshy triangular area with fertile silt.
daily life-pharaohs-government officials ~ nobles and priests- soldiers-scribes-merchants-artisans-farmers-slaves and servants. artisans would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife. used barter system. trading and bargaining. then went to a money system, scribes kept records, told stories, wrote poems described anatomy and medical treatments.
pharaohs
gods and goddesses
pyramid- the Great Sphinx of Giza- 2555-2532BC- lion body with human head-oldest monumental statue in the world.
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