Ancient Egypt part 1 notes

Today in class we took notes on Ancient Egypt. Here are the notes...

• Geography
• Egyptian life is centered around the Nile River.
• It flows South to North.
• The water was used for drinking, irrigating, bathing, and transportation.
• Every July the river floods; snow melts.
• Every October, it leaves behind rich soil.
• The delta is a broad, marshy, triangular area of fertile silt.
• managing the river required technological breakthroughs in irrigation. 
• Daily Life
• Pharaoh, government officials (nobles, priests, etc..), soldiers, scribes, merchants, artisans, farmers, and slaves and servants.
• Slaves/servants helped the wealthy with household and child raising duties.
• Farmers raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions- benefited from irrigation of the Nile.
• Artisans would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife.
• Merchants used the money/barter system was used- merchants might accept bags of grain for payment- later, coinage came about.
• Pyramids
• the Great Sphinx of Giza.
• built from 2555-2532 BC.
• A recumbent lion with a humans head.
• The oldest monumental statue in the world.