Ok, now that we all know what a Cyberday is, let's get in with what Mr. Schick told us to do. Mr. Schick made a Prezi about Ancient Egypt, and we were told to take notes. Here are the notes I took:
- Geography
- Egyptian life is centered around the Nile River
- Water for drinking, for irrigating, for bathing, and for transportation
- Every July it floods
- Every October it leaves behind rich soil
- The delta is a broad, marshy triangular area of fertile silt
- Managing the river required technological breakthroughs in irrigation
- Daily life
- Most important people greatest to least:
- Pharaoh
- Government Officials - Nobles, Priests
- Soldiers
- Scribes
- Merchants
- Artisans
- Farmers
- Slaves and Servants
- Slaves/servants helped the wealthy with household and child raising duties
- Raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions - benefitted from irrigation of the Nile
- Artisans would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife
- Money/barter system was used - merchants might accept bags of grain for payment - later, coinage came about
- Scribes kept records, told stories, wrote poetry described anatomy and medical treatments
- They wrote in hieroglyphs and in hieratic
- Soldiers used wooden weapons (bow and arrows, spears) with bronze tips and might ride chariots
- Upper class, known as the "white kilt class" - priests, physicians, engineers
- Religious and political leader
- Pharaohs
- the political and religious leader of the Egyptian people, holding the titles: "Lord of the Two Lands" and "High Priests of Every Temple."
- As "Lord of the Two Lands" the pharaoh was the ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt. He owned all land, made laws, collected taxes, and defended Egypt against foreigners.
- Hatshepsut was a woman who served as pharaoh
- Cleopatra VII also served as pharaoh, but much later (51-30 BC)
- Goddesses and Gods
- Over 2000 gods and goddesses
- They "controlled" the lives of humans
- Pyramids
- The Great Sphinx of Giza
- Built 2555-2532 BC
- A recumbent lion with a human's head
- Oldest monumental statue in the world
(There were 2 videos in the Prezi, but I didn't take any notes on them.)
