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The main Egyptian gods were Re (the sun god), Hapi (the river god), Osiris (the god that gave laws and taught the people farming), Isis (the wife of Osiris, who represents a faithful wife and mother), and Thoth, the god of learning.

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As farming and trade increased, having an organized government to regulate everything became increasingly important. Weak kingdoms merged to form stronger, larger kingdoms, each with its own king.

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Kings, later called pharaohs, appointed government officials (bureaucrats) to carry out their orders.

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The government developed of a storing and distributing process for food for families that did not have food.

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Government would oversee construction and the repairs of various structures.

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In ancient Egypt, engineers would help with construction, especially the pyramids, ensuring that everything would run smoothly and lead to a satisfactory end product.

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Doctors in ancient Egypt got their collective medical knowledge from embalming, however could only still help with relatively minor problems.

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Very few Egyptians actually knew how to read/write hieroglyphics - they only understood the "lesser" forms of writing that were present back then.

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Surveyors went out and search for stones to harvest.

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Scribes (people paid to write) developed an easier language for day to day tasks.

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Scribes wrote hieroglyphics on cave walls and stone.

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The Egyptian language originally had symbols to represent objects, but later had symbols that also represented sound, like English today.

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The Egyptians collected papyrus to make paper with, and then wrote on those papers.

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Most cities were located near the Nile for easy access to water which they used for bathing, drinking, transportation, etc.

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Pharaohs moved the capital of Memphis southwards to Thebes.

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At the top of the social classes were the pharaohs.

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The second highest social class belonged to the priests and nobles.

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In Egyptian religion, there existed an afterlife.

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The penultimate lowest social classes made up of skilled workers and tradespeople, such as farmers, artisans, and scribes.

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Egyptians had statues for pharaohs and significant gods.

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In Egyptian Religion, most gods and goddesses could switch between a humanoid and anthropoid form.

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Dams were made to be able to stop floods from ruining cities and farms.

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The lowest social class went to unskilled laborers and servants.

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*4000 B.C, there were two large kingdoms in Egypt - Upper Egypt (located in the south central part of the Nile River) and Lower Egypt (north delta)

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Pyramids were used as tombs for a long while in Egyptian history, but as time went on, pharaoh's tombs started to be cut into cliffs along the Nile.

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Egyptians also believed that their gods were powerful than Mesopotamian gods.

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Early Egyptians lived in the northern regions of the nile river valley. For example, Giza and Memphis.

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Bridges were made to cross the Nile river.

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Structures in Egypt survived because of the hot and dry climate.

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Egyptians believed that the pharaoh was the son of Re.

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Paths were made to be able to have an organized way around Egypt.

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One of the greatest feats of architecture in ancient Egypt was the Great Pyramid - it was 500ft. high, had the area of 9 football fields, and more than 2 million stone blocks were used to construct it.

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Irrigation canals were made to get water in to mainland and for crops.