egypt
whats a society
a community of ppl
what are the different types of societys
hunter- gatherer, postoral, agricultural, hurticultural, feudal, industrial, post - industrial
lenses that shape our world view
media, society, religion
whats to express world view
culture, music, reigion
4 geographical regions of egypt
nile delta, nile valley, western dessert
time period of the old kingdom
2686 - 2181 B.C
time period of the middle kingdom
2055 - 1650 B.C
time period of the new kingdom
1550 - 1069 B.C
time period of the late period
664 - 30 B.C
INTERMEDIATE TIME PERIOD
time imbetween involving never ending war and conflict
pyrimids of giza
one of the most famous landmarks, built over the span of 3 generations, over 455 ft tall
karnak temple
built over a course of 100 years, destroyed and restored multiple times, 2nd most historical site in egypt
3 different types of hieroglyphics
logo graphic, syllabic, alphabetic
rosseta stone
helped modern day learn how to read hieroglyphics
ma'at
balance of the universe
ka
their life force
important symbols
ankh, scarab, wadjet
amun ra
king of the gods
osiris
god of the afterlife, death, and resurection
seth
god of the dessert, storms, confusion, evil
horus
god of the sky
sekhmet
god of war, battle and healing
mummification
preserving the body for the Ka
afterlife
the spirit not the ka starts a journey to the afterlife, facing monsters
wepet renpet
egyption new year
annual flood of the river
when it floods it helps crops grow if it doesn't flood crops dont grow
papyrus flax
egytian paper
basin irrigation
allows to control the rise and fall of water to their crops
egyption calender
akhet - nile floods, peret - the nile receeds and farmers plant their crops, shremu - harvest
3 principles of architecture
beuty, utility, and duribility
cult temple vs mortuary temple
cult - where a specific god/goddess is worshipped, mortuary - where a king of egypt if honoured after death