PPT-AIM: How did the Nile influence the rise of powerful civilizations of Egypt?

Do Now REVIEW OF PERSIAN EMPIRE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER PACKET Geography Vocabulary Cataract waterfall Delta triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers Natural Barriers less prone to invasion. “Egypt is the Gift of the Nile”. Herodotus: 400 BC (Greek Historian). The Nile River. The Nile River is the world’s longest running river!. The Nile River. The Nile River runs continually for over 4400 Miles!. : . “. The Four Early River Valley Civilizations. ”. . (See your Packet, p. 15b). Egypt on the Nile. I. GEOGRAPHY. Nile River. A. The Nile. 1. Egypt. ’. s settlements arose along narrow strip of land made. SOL-WHI-3. The 1. st. River Valley Civilizations. During the New Stone Age, permanent settlements appeared in river valleys and around the Fertile Crescent. . River Valleys provided water and rich soil for crops as well as protection from invasion. . Vocabulary. Dynasty. : a family that hands down power from one generation to the next. Mummification. : a ritual where all internal organs are removed from the body, which is dried in salt and wrapped in cloth. Welcome to Ancient Egypt. Where are we??. . Google Earth! . Geography: Egypt . Label MAP! . The ancient Egyptians enjoyed many . natural barriers. . . There were . deserts. to the east and west of the Nile River, and . Unit 1 Section 1. Key Terms. Agricultural Revolution. The change from food gathering to food production that occurred between ca. 8000 and 2000 BCE also known as the . Neolithic Revolution. Bantu. Collective name of a large group of sub-Saharan African languages and of the peoples speaking these languages. !. BY. : KAILA DIMARZIO. Day 1-3. I will fly from the Atlanta Airport to The Cairo International Airport (flight details on later slide). From there, I will leave the airport to explore the city, Cairo as my first stop!. Bruaw. Egypt is located in the northeast corner of the African continent at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Ocean. Israel borders it in the east across the Sinai Peninsula. Libya marks Egypt’s western border and Sudan forms the southern.. Neolithic Revolution. River Valley Civilizations. Religious Development. Cornell note-taking method. Notes color-coded in . RED. go on this side of the line.. These items will include:. Main Ideas. Big Concepts. A seminar presentation . by . Yacob. . Arsano. Associate professor of political science & international relations. Addis Ababa University. At Global Meeting Place Forum 2010. Gotheburg. University. During the lesson. - Active notetaking and discussion of section one material.. After the lesson. - foldable . Ancient_Egypt__The_Gift_of_the_Nile_(3000_30_B.C).asf. Learning Target. - Today we will learn about the geography and people of Ancient Egypt. . TRUE. The Nile river flows over …. A. 4,000 miles. B. 700 Miles. C. 40,000 Miles. A. 4,000 Miles. What do you call the tiny bits of soil and rock the Nile carries that makes land fertile?. Silt. The Nile forms a fan shaped delta. What is a delta?. Capital City: Cairo. Other big cities: Alexandria, Giza, . Shubra el . Khema. Population: 82,079,636 (compared with U.S. population of about 311,800,000). . * Nearly all of Egypt’s people live in Cairo, Alexandria, and the surrounding areas of the Nile River and Suez Canal. & . Kush. As . empires were flourishing and falling in Mesopotamia, two new civilizations, . Egypt. and . Kush. were emerging in Africa, in the Nile River Valley.. The Nile River Valley was ideal for settlement because of its .