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• What is the difference between longitude and
  latitude?
• Hammurabis Code was important because.

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Word Wall Words

• Gift of the Nile
• delta
• dynasty
• pharaoh

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Ancient Egypt

• The Gift of the Nile

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The Nile River

• Brought life to Egypt
• Bi-annual flooding deposited large amounts of
  silt.
• Without the flooding of the Nile, farming in
  Egypt would not be possible.

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Civilization begins
Nomadic
Villages
Farming
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Civilization begins

• Used irrigation to control the rivers flow
• Nile delta large area of rich farmland
• Grew variety of crops
• Barley, wheat, vegetables, fruit
• Nile provided water, food
• Fresh water, geese, duck, fish

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Natural barriers

• Mediterranean and Red Seas
• Deserts
• Cataracts

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Egypt Unites

• Egypt originally two parts Upper Egypt and Lower
  Egypt
• Menes unites two parts by marriage to Lower Egypt
  princess
• Menes becomes 1st pharaoh and creates 1st dynasty