HIST 1001 Chapter : Egypt
Document Summary
Longest river in the world: begins somewhere in the mountains of central africa, used as a sort of highway. Flows south (upper egypt) to north (lower egypt: wind patterns flow north to south a geographic oddity. Floods according to regular cycle: river rises in mid to late summer, egyptians depended on its floods for survival (silt and topsoil) An island in the desert: egypt"s borders: geographically isolated. Few avenues for invasion: with the exception of sinai peninsula, as seen with the hyksos invasion, hyksos were people from west africa. Invaded egypt and ruled for almost 100 years. Invaders never stayed long or adopted the culture. Egyptian religion: believed in afterlife and the gods. Saw death as a transition/doorway to another world: ammon-ra (sun) Sun was a source of life and worthy of worship. Isis and osiris (river and land: horus (child of isis and osiris, anubis. Egyptians viewed the relationship with gods as serene.
