Ancient Egypt

​What do you call an Egyptian Doctor?

A Cairo-practor

Get it? Cairo is the Capital Egypt...

Analyse this image. What does it tell us about Egyptian Society and Daily life?

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​Daily Life

Analyse this image. What does it tell us about daily life in Ancient Egypt?

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​Daily Life

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Think TRADE, CONQUEST and RELIGION

They imported oil, wood and jewellery from Syria, Crete and Phoenicia. Trade with the mystical kingdom of Punt which Hatshepsut herself visited during her reign - gold, resins, ebony, ivory, slaves, baboons, monkeys)

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​TRADE

​The Egyptians traded with cultures of lower Nubia and the Kingdom of Kush (modern day Sudan) – copper, pottery, and furniture. Nubia was also the source for much of Egyptian gold – gold was mined by chained slaves who laboured day and night.

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• ​1700-1550BCE is known as the HYKSOS Dynasty

• The were know as the Persian Rulers

• There where chariots involved! Woot!

• They embraced the Egyptian culture

• ​New innovations such as: Ottery wheel, better bronze-working techniques, composite bows, full body armour, scimitars, battle axes, musical instruments like tambourine and oboe

​Who is this guy?

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The Greeks, led by Alexander the Great, entered Egypt in 33BCE. The time that the Greeks ruled Egypt is called the PTOLEMAIC Dynasty.

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Was this a good or a bad thing I wonder?​

​The PTOLEMAIC Dynatsy

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​Alexander the Great built a large Greek city along the Nile Delta in 331BCE

Alexandria

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Greek rules during the PTOLEMAIC Dynasty had little interest in the Egyptian culture and way of life.

​​Foreign Rulers

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Following Alexander’s departure, Ptolemy I Soter established a dynasty that was to last almost 300 years; their power reinforced by having the population see them as living gods

​​PTOLEMAIC Dynasty

The last member of the Ptolemy dynasty was Queen Cleopatra. Famous for her affair with Julius Caesar. The Roman Armies defeated her armies, leading to downfall of Egypt and Roman Domination.

Cleopatra

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In the 7^th century CE, Egypt underwent Islamicisation, following its defeat at the hands of Muslim Arabs

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