Egypt Notes

• Speak Egyptian-Arabic, Coptic, and Egyptian.
• Cairo is the capital.
• Out to the west of Alexandria is desert.
• Luxor is the site of an old dynastic temple.
• There is not much life out in the Sahara desert.
• The Pharaoh, because he was the God on Earth, was supposed to make the Nile river flood each year, so that it would fertilize the crops.
• The ancient name for their own country was Kemet.
• Mastaba: a stepped pyramid. It looks like a pyramid shape layer cake. They are the early pyramids.
• Sphinx is in front of the Great pyramids, maybe as a protector for the pharaoh.
• Note to self: Check out class resources for help.
• There are three "kingdoms" in Egypt- Old, middle, new
• The middle kingdom has a remarkable continuity with the older period.
• The new kingdom includes Akhenaten. He introduces monotheism. He believes in the sun God, Ahtan??(I don't know how to spell it...). (Ah-tan)
• The Egyptians were polytheists.
• People thought he was crazy to be monotheistic.
• King Tutankhamen was the most famous Pharaoh, although he did not do much.
• During Tut's reign, Egypt was at war.
• The Persians eventually invade Egypt, and they conquer the dynasties.
• Persians are eventually pushed out.
• Greeks start to colonize on the edge of Egypt.
• When Alexander the great comes to Egypt, he hates Persians, and the Egyptians love him.