Ancient Egypt:
 - Geography (The Nile)
     1) Egyptian life is centered around the Nile River
     2) Nile River gives water for drinking, irrigating and bathing
     3) Every July the Nile floods (first to make calenders)
     4) Every October it leaves rich soil
     5) The Delta is a broad, marshy area of fertile silt
     6) Managing the Nile required technology
 - Daily life
     1) Pharaohs, Nobles/Priest, Soldiers, Scribes, Merchants, Artisans, Farmers, Slaves
     2) Slaves helped the wealthy with household and child raising
     3) Farmers raised wheat, barely, lentils and onions
     4) Artisans carved statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife.
     5) Money/barter system was used - merchants might accept bags of grain for payment.
     6) Scribes kept records, told stories and wrote poetry (hieroglyphs)
     7) Soldiers used wooden weapons w/ bronze tips and might ride chariots
     8) Upper class, known as the "white kilt class" - priests, physicians and engineers
     9) Pharaohs were religious and political leader (dynastic)
 - Pharaohs
     1) The political and religious leader of the Egyptian people, known as "The Lord of the Two Lands"
     2) Leaders of upper and lower Egypt
     3) Hatshepsut was a woman who served as pharaoh (woman were faily equal)
     4) Cleopatra VII also served as pharaoh, but much later (51-30 BC)
 - Gods & Goddess
 - Pyramids
     1) The Great Sphinx of Giza (most famous)
     2) Built 2555 - 2532BC
     3) A recumbent lion with a human's head
     4) Oldest monumental statue in the world