HIST 1001 Chapter : Eternal Egypt
Document Summary
New kingdom 1567-1085 bce: egyptian geography, benevolent waters: the nile river. Nile floods according to regular cycle, gradual and predictable, unlike in meso. Nile regarded as productive and necessarily part of egyptian life- depended on regular floods for survival- deposited silt and new layer top soil- what made them so productive agriculturally: an island in the desert: egypt"s border situation. Hyskos invasion during intermediate period though unlike mesopatamia geography, egypt had natural boundaries, almost inpenetrable deserts, nile river, only small strip of land that connected it to sinai peninsula (how. Hyksos invaded during 2nd intermediate period) provided protection but did not hinder trade invaders did not stay for long, unlike in mesopotamia sense of continuity permeated everything ab egyptian"s daily lives. Egyptians believed natural world constant and unchanging: egyptian religion, the afterlife of the gods. Polytheistic: ammon-ra isis and osiris, horus, anubis, etc. worshipped seemingly endless number of gods.
