HIST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Narmer Palette, Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Ahmose I
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Egyptian civilizations to four revolutions in thought and religion: Egypt is considered to be broken up into two regions, and it branched by the nile, and it was referred to as the delta, after their shape/symbol. Paleolithic period, nile river was used for hunting, fishing and gathering wild grains. Ca 5500 bce, the sahara begins to dry out. Ca 5000 bce, farming villages emerge in upper egypt. Around the same time, the belief of afterlife began. People were buried with figurines, as servants, gold, ivory, clothing, food. Farming villages in lower egypt more egalitarian: huts, fishing, hunting, slower development. Annuals rain flooding left fertile soil for farming and planting. Other areas were very dry-desert like so people stayed right near the nile. Nile river serves as highway for upper and lower egypt. Roads ran north to south & east to west. Huge amount of unity culturally in egypt. The three major kingdoms in egypt"s history: old kingdom ca.
