https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj Everything you need to know about Egypt en-us 2017-11-20 20:28:00 UTC 2025-02-01 08:58:10 UTC hello@padlet.com cajl8 https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj/wish/208891258 Egypt is a very dry country with mostly deserts accept for the exception of the Nile river that runs north into the Mediterranean Sea. ]]> 2017-11-20 20:41:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj/wish/208891258 cajl8 https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj/wish/208918717 The Egyptian empire was created because their natural barrier, the deserts, were not stopping their enemies anymore because they had new technologies, chariots, so they were able to cross the desert.]]> 2017-11-20 23:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj/wish/208918717 cajl8 https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj/wish/208919091 The most powerful person and leader in Egypt was known as the pharaoh. Two pharaohs in the empire were, Ramses ll and Hatshepsut. Ramses the second was the third pharaoh or the nineteenth dynasty, and Hatshepsut was a women pharaoh who encouraged trade instead of war.]]> 2017-11-20 23:15:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj/wish/208919091 cajl8 https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj/wish/212114771 The ancient Egyptians had many achievements such as the pyramids, hieroglyphics, and the Egyptian calendar. The pyramids were originally used as tombs but got raided often so they then started burying their pharaohs in the valley of kings. Hieroglyphics was the writing system used by the Egyptians. The Egyptian calendar was based on their three farming seasons, flooding season, planting season, and harvesting season.]]> 2017-12-01 00:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj/wish/212114771 cajl8 https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj/wish/212114827 The Egyptians had highly trained archers who used bows and arrows. Also Egyptian soldiers would not have worn armor, and the Pharaohs in the New Kingdom fought from chariots drawn by horses. But before the New Kingdom the Egyptians did not have horse drawn chariots.]]> 2017-12-01 00:01:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj/wish/212114827 cajl8 https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj/wish/212114895 Egyptian Agriculture is very unique and amazing, some of the most recognizable symbol of ancient Egypt is the Great Pyramids which originally served as tombs before the were raided, and the Sphinx which is meant to guard important places such as tombs and temples. However there is some other important architecture in Egypt such as obelisks and temples that gave pharaohs the opportunity to show off their wealth and generosity to their own people. Also columns were an important aspect of the symbolism of their temples, they were designed to contribute their own meaning.]]> 2017-12-01 00:02:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj/wish/212114895 cajl8 https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj/wish/212114958 Some of the strengths of Egypt are that the Nile provides fertile land that is good for agriculture. Until the new kingdom the deserts provided good barrier and protection for Egypt, they also had lots of good resources such as papyrus.]]> 2017-12-01 00:03:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj/wish/212114958 cajl8 https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj/wish/212114972 Some weaknesses are the flooding from the Nile river, there isn't very much fertile land that is good for agriculture. Also they didn't have a very strong army because the desert had protected them so long they haven''t had to have a good military]]> 2017-12-01 00:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj/wish/212114972 cajl8 https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj/wish/212115053 The ancient Egyptians relied on trade for a lot of resources and goods. They traded gold, papyrus, linen, and grain for cedar wood, ebony, copper, iron, and ivory. The ancient Egyptians bought goods from merchants. There were lots of important jobs such as priests, farmer, scribe, soldier, merchants, and traders. The main crops in Egypt were, emmer (a wheat-grain), chickpeas and lentils, lettuce, onions, garlic, sesame, corn, barley, papyrus, flax, the castor oil plant, and, during the period of the New Kingdom, the opium poppy.]]> 2017-12-01 00:03:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj/wish/212115053 cajl8 https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj/wish/212115084 The Egyptians had three kingdoms, the Old kingdom, the Middle kingdom, and the New kingdom. In the Middle kingdom Egypt became more powerful and wealthy due to trade with Mesopotamia and Indus valley civilizations, but it descended into chaos and violence after a series of power struggles and weak pharaohs. Between the Middle kingdom and the New kingdom there was the second intermediate period when the Hyksos invaded and controlled Egypt until stronger Egyptian rulers were over take them. The New kingdom is when the pharaohs wanted to strengthen Egypt by building and empire.]]> 2017-12-01 00:04:18 UTC https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj/wish/212115084 cajl8 https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj/wish/212115094 The Egyptian Empire began to decline when other strong civilizations began to become stronger. They were also invade by the people of the sea and the Libyans eventually, which caused lots of destruction. After that Egypt separated into many regional units and small kingdoms that fought for their independence. The Egyptian empire had collapsed, but the Libyans (who had invaded from the west) established independent dynasties and ruled Egypt from 950-730 BC, However the Libyans adopted Egyptian ways of life, religion, manners, other cultural
aspects.]]> 2017-12-01 00:04:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj/wish/212115094 cajl8 https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj/wish/212671271 https://youtu.be/Z3Wvw6BivVI]]> 2017-12-03 23:23:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cajl8/w42pyp6zenyj/wish/212671271