https://padlet.com/c_falcon/Bookmarks Mr. Falcon/Mr. Frioni 4th period World History Class en-us 2016-12-14 17:49:00 UTC 2025-12-23 14:40:00 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Templeball.png c_falcon https://padlet.com/c_falcon/Bookmarks/wish/307878332 Egypt is located in Northeast Africa. It borders Sudan and Lybia. It's also surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Traditionally, Egypt is divided into Lower Egypt in the north and Upper Egypt in the south.]]> 2018-11-26 16:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/c_falcon/Bookmarks/wish/307878332 c_falcon https://padlet.com/c_falcon/Bookmarks/wish/307889187 The Nile River was an important resource for Egypt because it provides Egypt with water for crops and for providing drinking water. It also made life easier for Egyptians as it helped them trade and transport goods. Egyptians refer to it as the "lifeblood" of Egypt.

At the beginning of the Nile, is the delta which empties into the Mediterranean Sea. The land at the delta is very marshy and nutrient rich. This fertile soil is excellent for planting crops that helped sustain the population around the river.  It splits into the Blue Nile and the White Nile. It also borders the largest deserts in the world, the Libyan Desert and the Sahara Desert.
Periodically, the Nile flooded and the Egyptians adjusted to the conditions by learning to build levees to manage the conditions.]]> 2018-11-26 16:56:34 UTC https://padlet.com/c_falcon/Bookmarks/wish/307889187 c_falcon https://padlet.com/c_falcon/Bookmarks/wish/307893572 The deserts of the region include the Libyan Desert,  the Sahara and the Eastern Desert. The area is referred to as the Red Lands. 
The area is extremely hot and helped to protect them from invaders.
The Eastern Desert extends all the way to the Red Sea.
The Libyan Desert forms part of the Sahara Desert.
The pyramids were built in these deserts for protection.]]> 2018-11-26 17:03:48 UTC https://padlet.com/c_falcon/Bookmarks/wish/307893572 c_falcon https://padlet.com/c_falcon/Bookmarks/wish/307911989 In the Egyptian culture, when a pharaoh passed away, they believed they would then live in the after life and prepared the bodies for the afterlife. The process is referred to as embalming or mummification. The process involved removing the vital organs and storing them in jars to be buried with the corpse. Once prepared, the bodies were wrapped in strips of linen, placed in a sarcophagus (coffin) and then laid to rest in their final resting place the pyramid (tomb). Often times, in preparation for the afterlife, certain valued items such as their pets, jewelry, gold, food, furniture, weapons and clothing were buried along with them.]]> 2018-11-26 17:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/c_falcon/Bookmarks/wish/307911989 c_falcon https://padlet.com/c_falcon/Bookmarks/wish/307920536 One of Egypt's main crops was papyrus, a reed plant that was used to produce paper and other household items necessary for daily living in Egypt. Egyptian farmers developed new tools to make farming easier. One of these tools, a shadoof, is a bucket that scoops water from the Nile and empties it into basins. Additionally, Egyptians gathered papyrus, a reed plant that grew wild along the Nile, was used for making sandals, rope, baskets, and river rafts. When planning for the harvest season, Egyptians used Geometry to measure the area of their land. This would help them to recalculate where one field began and the other ended. ]]> 2018-11-26 17:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/c_falcon/Bookmarks/wish/307920536 c_falcon https://padlet.com/c_falcon/Bookmarks/wish/307955295 In ancient Egypt, a pharaoh was both a political ruler and a religious ruler. The word pharaoh means "Great House" and the Egyptians viewed the pharaohs as representatives of the gods or goddesses. Egyptians were loyal to pharaoh because they thought he was the son of Re. Among the most famous of pharaohs was King Tutankhamen. He became king at the age of 10 and died unexpectedly, after 9 years in power. A queen pharaoh, Hatshepsut, chose people who were loyal to her to serve in government positions. A pharaoh named Amenhotep IV created a new religion by worshiping the sun god, Aton.]]> 2018-11-26 18:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/c_falcon/Bookmarks/wish/307955295 c_falcon https://padlet.com/c_falcon/Bookmarks/wish/308845860 The Egyptian writing is known as hieroglyphics.   Hieroglyphics is an enigmatic or incomprehensible symbols or writing. In order to learn how to write hieroglyphics, they were sent to a special school in order to learn how to write. Mostly men were sent to these schools and very few women were permitted to attend these schools. The way they wrote was by painting on the papyrus paper.  Hieroglyphics were also carved on to walls and monuments. They created symbols that represented sounds much like an alphabet.]]> 2018-11-28 15:40:28 UTC https://padlet.com/c_falcon/Bookmarks/wish/308845860 c_falcon https://padlet.com/c_falcon/Bookmarks/wish/308876901 2018-11-28 16:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/c_falcon/Bookmarks/wish/308876901