2. • I. Location
-Located in North Africa
- Located along the Nile River
- Surrounded by desert
- Prone to Invasion by Mesopotamia
Time Period: 3200 B.C.-500 B.C.
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4. • II. Social System
-The Pharaoh (king) was an absolute ruler.
- The Pharaoh was seen to be a god
- Warriors/Scribes/Merchants/Nobles/Priests
were in the middle of the social hierarchy
- Peasants/Slaves were at the bottom of the
social pyramid
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6. III. Accomplishments
A. Hieroglyphics- Writing system based on
picture symbols
B. Building- Pyramids, temples, statues, palaces.
Egypt had excellent architects
C. Geometry and Astronomy
365 Day Calendar
D. Biology- Knowledge of the body, surgery,
embalming
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10. • IV. Religious Beliefs
- Polytheistic
- Bodies preserved for the afterlife
- Important people buried in tombs in pyramids
- Many gods represented astronomy/nature
