Ancient Egypt

• Geography
  
  • Mediterranean Sea​
  • Red Sea
  • Nile River & Delta
    
  • Sahara Desert
    

• Political Structure
  
  • ​Relationships between groups of people
    
  • ​The pharaoh
  • Enslaved people
    

• Economy
  
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• Cultural structures
  
• Egyptian beliefs
  
  • afterlife
    
  • reasons for mummification
    
  • use of pyramids. 
    
• Key figures
  
• Queen Hatshepsut,
  

•   Ramses the Great
  
• discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb on the modern understanding of ancient Egypt. 
  
• Achievements
  
  • hieroglyphics
    
  • papyrus
    
  • pyramids
    
  • Sphinx at Giza. 
    
• Cultural diffusion
  
  • through trade and conflict. 

4.14 Describe the geographic, political, economic, and cultural structures of ancient Egypt. 
a. Identify and locate geographic features of ancient Egypt, including the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Nile River and Delta, and the Sahara Desert. 
b. Explain the structure of ancient Egyptian society, including the relationships between groups of people and the role played by the pharaoh and enslaved people. 
c. Explain Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife, the reasons for mummification, and the use of pyramids. 
d. Describe the significance of key figures from ancient Egypt, including Queen Hatshepsut, Ramses the Great, and the significance of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb on the modern understanding of ancient Egypt. 
e. Describe the achievements of ancient Egyptian civilization, including hieroglyphics, papyrus, and the pyramids and Sphinx at Giza. 
f. Describe the cultural diffusion of ancient Egypt with surrounding civilizations through trade and conflict.