Empire+Egypt

TERMS:
 * 1) catastrophic-causing damage, or suffering
 * 2) coalition-an alliance for combined action
 * 3) divine-like a God
 * 4) empire- an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme
 * 5) façade-the face of a building
 * 6) inconceivable-not capable of being imagined or grasped mentally
 * 7) obelisk-a stone pillar
 * 8) subterranean-existing under the Earths surface
 * 9) symmetrical-made up of exactly the same parts facing each other
 * 10) unprecedented-never done or known before

Walls are over forty feet tall, Menes built them.

damn rederected the nile.

the damn, was 30 feet tall

the saddalkafara 2700b.c, was a damn that broke due to pressure from the water -80ft base, 40 ft across, 35ft high

Menes was malled by a hippo

inter state highway system, with the nile

the pyramids, was 100, now there are 80.

the mostiba, was the first tomb

Djoser-2667-2648bc,made first pyramid

Djosers barial complex was the pyramid

Saqqara- the first pyramid

10,000 men used to build the structure-55 workmen in one barrack Djoser built the first step pyramid/ first stone mega structure

Snefru-2613-2589b.c

Meydum-pyramid, that was either ufinished collapsed or, robbed

the bent pyramid-

the red pyramid-

the broken-

strait, spiraling, and a combination of the two

The Great Pyramid of Geiza

1864b.c middle kingdom-

Sesostris III -nubia gold he has a huge solid structure with motes and is almost impenetrable the hixos, whatever you know they know

Hatshepsut 1473-1458 b.c. she becomes pharoh, by looking like a man. she had a tomb made of limestone

Thebes 1352 b.c AmenhotepIV 1352-1336b.c.

Tellelamarna 1370-1350 b.c.

Akhenaten 1352-1336b.c.

Seti I 1294-1279b.c.

Ramesses II 1279-1212b.c.

=discussion questions=

1. What role do you think the Nile River played in Egypt’s prosperity? Do you think ancient Egypt could have become a majestic civilization without the Nile?I don't think it would have lasted as long seeing they would not have had fresh water, or be as clean.

2. What were some of the ways Egyptians harnessed the power of the Nile? What was the primary route of transportation they developed, and what were the techniques ancient Egyptians used to develop them?they used granite and they used the nile as a ways for passage and water to drink, and produce food.

3.How would you describe the power structure of ancient Egypt? What does it mean to describe Egyptian kings and queens as “divine”? What powers did they believe this enabled them?they could build what they wanted to when they wanted to

4. What were some examples of the challenges laborers faced in constructing Egypt’s monuments? What do you think motivated them? what motivated them was doing it for their kings and gods

5. This documentary reveals the ways many Egyptian engineering feats were marked by failure initially. Gives one examples of mistakes or failures engineers and workers encountered and the solutions they developed. What if the Egyptians had simply abandoned these tasks?they would not have been such a great empire

6. Why were pharaohs’ tombs so significant in ancient Egypt? What were some of the hall marks and notable characteristics of Egyptian tombs?The Pyramids!beautiful.

7. Why was the reign of Queen Hatshepsut important among the long line of Egyptian leaders? What were some of the key innovations that resulted from herreign?she had to dress like a man in that time.

8. What are some of the connections between Egyptian engineering and the expansion of its empire? always making more structures bigger and better

9. By building such grand monuments, what messages do you think the Egyptians wanted to send to their enemies, to their gods, and to the generations that followed them? Could some monuments achieve allof these goals at the same time? Discuss. they sent a message that watch out because our empire looks nicer than yours and you will get destroyed.

10. Why are Egyptian obelisks considered one of the most amazing architectural feats ever achieved? Do you think they could beconstructed today?yes I believe we could build them today, they are considered the most amazing because they were built by bare hands, and look fantastic.

Notes: > pyramid.
 * 1) 3000 B.C. rain clouds become a drizzle the becomes a flood and the combine to make the Nile river.
 * 2) by late July the Nile levels everything in it's path.
 * 3) to much water causes children to drown, cannibalism, farming fields ruined etc..
 * 4) Memphis is the capital city in which the dam is built around.
 * 5) Menes: first pharaoh of the first dynasty.
 * 6) passion for building.
 * 7) Menes would enforce his will over nature.
 * 8) The dam Menes is lost to the world today.
 * 9) Sadd all kofara dam.
 * 10) first dam built by man.
 * 11) 80ft at the base, ( 2 Walls 35 ft.) 49 ft . at the top and are filled with loose stones and dirt.
 * 12) Sadd al Kofara was a faliure.
 * 13) His rain is said to last 62 years.
 * 14) He was killed by a hippo on one of his hunts.
 * 15) The Egyptians didn't have to worry about the road cause they had canals, which they used to transport food, grains, materials, etc.
 * 16) Mastavas were made out of rectangular bases and there was a opening from the top so that priests and love ones could visit. As it went on the began to build more than 100 of them.They held just kings
 * 17) The pyramids will hold kings family and other people than that.
 * 18) It took six pharaohs four generations to build the pyramids.
 * 19) DJOSER 2667- 2648 B.C. was the second King of the first dynasty.
 * 20) DJOSHER was worshiped because he was "opener of stone".
 * 21) DJOSHER"S pyramid was built from stone.
 * 22) Saggara was were DJOSHER built his tomb.
 * 23) The crew used to build DJOSHERS tomb were divided up into 20 men a group and they were ordered to keep them fed.
 * 24) DJOSHER would have two tombs in the northern one would be were his body was put and the southern was were they put his organs.
 * 25) That was the religious believes.
 * 26) The decorated wall in the tomb was so well preserved that they looked like they were just carved yesterday.
 * 27) They are destructing a transportation system for the rocks to cut and move the objects out to the Korae
 * 28) Work on his tomb continued to the time of his death.
 * 29) DJOSHERS tomb turned into a Step Pyram
 * 30) The Step Pyramid consists of 6 Steps.
 * 31) DJOSHER'S Pyramid was 22 story's high.
 * 32) Set a new standard of burial sites.
 * 33) DJOSHER died in 2648 B.C.
 * 34) SNEFRU 2613- 2589 B.C.
 * 35) SNEFRU marrys his half sister.
 * 36) addressed even peasants as his brother or his friend.
 * 37) Snefru built his tomb in Meydum.
 * 38) Snefru builds three pyramids, first collapsed, Second bent, third: red pyramid.
 * 39) Meydum consists of 8 Steps consisting of smooth sides.
 * 40) The Pyramid Meydum was a extreme success.
 * 41) It lays on a large mound.
 * 42) The Pyramid in Meydum collapses
 * 43) abandoned it and started over in Dashur which was near Saggara.
 * 44) When they were building Dashur they encountered a problem it was built out of bad rock so they had to reduce the weight.
 * 45) they had to reduce the weight by enlarging base.
 * 46) known as the bent Pyramid.
 * 47) another pyramid just a mile to the north also belonged to Snefru which was the red
 * 1) was determined to build the first smooth-sided pyramid.
 * 2) Snefru was the first king to use his first name rather than a made up name.
 * 3) There were three theories with big ramps, spirals, rounded it brick that was how the pyramids were constructed.
 * 4) Snefru's cracked the code and mastered the process of building the Pyramids.
 * 5) Built large open chambers inside.
 * 6) Three rooms. The deepest: burial chamber.
 * 7) 2589 Snefru died.
 * 8) Snefru's son Kefu built the greatest pyramid of giza.