LO3-Egypt

Lands of the pharaohs: Egypt

During the Neolithic Agr, the people of the Nile had moved towards civilization in response to the same influences that gave rise to the cities of Sumer, but Egyptian civilization was more stable than that of Mesopotamia.

The traditions of Egyptian civilization became so strong that they flourished even in its last thousand years, when the country was repeatedly invaded and for long periods under foreign rule.

The Narmer Palette- This palette was used for grinding makeup for divine images in a Upper Egyptian teple about 3100 B.C. The interwined necks of two tethered beasts around the grinding area are believed to symbolize the union of the two lands. Above them, a king wears the crown of Upper egypt; in front of him, osme of the earliest known hieroglyphs give his name-Namer- an army parades, and beheaded corpses are lined up. Evidently unification was not a peaceful process

The Nile and the "Two Lands"

The Nile played a role in Egypt similar to that of the Euphrates and Tigris in Meospotamia.

Pharaohs- the rulers of ancient Egypt

Tending the "Cattle of God"

As a god, every pharaoh was identified in different ways with three of the country's ruling deities.

By Birth he was the son of the sun-god Re, the king of all other gods and goddesses. At his succession, he became the incarnation (living embodiment) of Horus, the falcon-headed ruler of the sky.