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Ancient Egypt
Jeremy Ernest
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Physical Environment

• The ancient Egyptians thought of the land in
  Egypt as being divided into 2 types, the black
  land and the red land. The black land is on the
  bank of the Nile River. Every time that the Nile
  flooded, it got saturated and absorbed nutrients.
  The ancient Egyptians used this land for growing
  crops and farming. The red land is the desert
  bordering Egypt. The red land was used as a
  source of precious metals and semi-precious
  stones by the Egyptians. The Nile River
  stretches across all of ancient Egypt. If there
  was no Nile River in Egypt, the whole country
  would be desert.
• The Nile River runs all the way into the
  Mediterranean Sea.

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Food

• The ancient Egyptians mainly grew wheat and
  barley because of the hot weather. They made the
  wheat into bread and porridge. They added hops
  to the barley to make beer, which was their main
  drink. They also drank water as a different
  drink. Rich people also drank wine. For meats,
  they ate beef, duck and goose. They sometimes
  ate fish from the Nile. They didnt eat pigs
  because they thought that they carried a disease
  called leprosy. For dessert, they ate dates,
  watermelon, and other kinds of melons. Some
  people ate honey cakes, which are pieces of bread
  with honey.

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Clothing

• Both men and women wore a simple tunic that was
  like a long t-shirt. Most of the Egyptians
  clothes were made of white linen. They were
  white so they would reflect the suns heat. They
  never wore any underwear. Neither men or women
  wore shoes very often or any kind of footwear.
  They would sometimes wear sandals for long
  journeys and for special events. Egyptians wore
  gold jewelry if they could afford it. Even some
  special animals wore jewelry. Women often wore
  wigs.

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Shelter

• Egyptian houses were built on high ground so that
  the Nile River wouldnt flood it. They looked
  like a farmers house. They were built of straw
  and dried mud bricks. Most people had little or
  no furniture. An average person had 2 or 3 rooms
  in their house. They would sometimes go on the
  flat roof when the sun was not as hot. The walls
  in houses were usually thick to keep the house
  cool on the inside. The houses were painted
  white to reflect the suns heat.

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Religion

• The ancient Egyptians believed in about 700
  different gods and goddesses. A few of the main
  gods and goddesses were Ra, the sun god, Orisis,
  the god of the underworld, Amun, god of memory
  and many others. The 2 gods Ra and Amun, had
  combined to make one ultimate god named Amun-Ra.
  The ancient Egyptians also worshipped animals
  that a god could take the form of. For example,
  Orisis had the ability to take the form of a
  jackal, so jackals were also worshipped. Temples
  were built to worship the gods. The ancient
  Egyptians believed that if a pharoah had a good
  life, they believed that the pharoah would turn
  into a god.

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Sports

• The ancient Egyptians had games that we sometimes
  play today. They had games and sports like
  leapfrog, spinning tops, ball games, archery,
  running, javelin, wrestling and they had a horse
  on wheels that you could play on in ancient Egypt.

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Education

• Most of the education went on at home. Boys
  learned the trades of their fathers. Girls
  learned how to keep a house. Some children went
  to school to learn reading, writing and math. If
  you were bad in school you got hit with a rod on
  the back. Their paper called papyrus was only
  used for important writing.

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Architecture

• The main architecture was pyramids. They were
  built as tombs for kings. The walls were made by
  piling rectangles of mud bricks on top of each
  other. The walls were covered in heiroglyphs.
  The great pyramid in Giza is the biggest in the
  world. The Egyptians wrote spells on the walls
  of pyramids.

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People

• The Egyptians had a strong sense of family. They
  sometimes married cousins or other relatives.
  Women and children were highly respected. People
  usually married when they were in their early
  teens. The average life span of an Egyptian was
  40 years old. Some of the jobs were priests,
  scribes, farmers, builders, artists, craftsmen,
  soldiers, artisans, slaves and a pharaoh.

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Bibliography

• You are in Ancient Egypt By Ivan Minnis
• Ancient Egypt By Anita Genari
• Ancient Egypt by Andrew Classen
• Mummies and Ancient Egypt By Anita Genari
• The Living Tomb By Jacqueline Morleu
• Ancient Egypt By George Hart
• Life in Ancient Egypt By Paul Challen
• Adventures in ancient Egypt
• www.wikipedia.ca
• www.dragonstrike.com
• www.historylink101.ca
• www.tour egypt.net

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Bibliography 2

• www.AncientEgypt.com

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