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Extra Credit! You now know the Five Characteristics of Civilization! Pick any topic we have studied in Egypt and explain how it relates to one of the Five Characteristics of Civilization! So, in order to get EXTRA CREDIT you must:
1) Identify and DESCRIBE a topic from Ancient Egypt (two to three sentences)
2) Explain how it relates to one of the Five Characteristics of Civilization (at least one sentence)
3) Make sure that you sign off using your first name and first initial of your last name ONLY!
4) Make sure that NO ONE ELSE has written about your topic already! (Everyone has to write about a different topic to get the points!)
Follow these directions for FULL EXTRA CREDIT points
A. Go to the comment section of this post.
B. Use proper grammar, spelling, etc.
C. Make sure that it is class appropriate--keep it clean!
D. Make sure you go through the whole word verification process (typing the misshapen word).
E. If your comment/choice does not get posted in a timely fashion, or gets posted and then disappears, see me in class ASAP so we can figure out what went wrong!
Due: 9/19/14
6 comments:
The Nile river was the reason that Egypt survived for 3,000 years. It had a wind from the north that blew against the current of the Nile making travel easy. They knew when the flood was because of their lunar calender.
-Hayden H.
In ancient Egypt, hieroglyphs were used to write scriptures and books. It was also used to mark down important events, such as a new pharaoh or a battle. Hieroglyphs were the main written language of Egypt, and we are able to understand their religion and way of life because of it.
-Parth P
Most civilizations in Egypt built their villages along the Nile River. They used water from the Nile for irrigation. The irrigation allowed the farmers to produce 2-3 surplus crops a year.
-Makenna C.
In ancient Egypt, mummification was used often. It was a way of preserving bodies that required emptying them of all their organs and blood. This allowed the Egyptians to preserve the bodies for thousands of years, which has allowed us to discover many things about their civilization.
-Baye J
Egypt's architecture includes one of the seven wonders of the world. How they created these magnificent pieces of art is still disputed. This is a form of art that the Egyptians were able to achieve and perfect after hundreds years of studying the science required and practicing the best ways to create Pyramids.
The Book of the Dead was a set of spells and rituals put with the deceased to, as the Egyptians believed, aid them in arriving at the afterlife. In later years, they were written on scrolls and buried with the dead, usually in the same layer of coffin that the dead was in. No two of these scrolls had the same information; some had pictures, some had shortened spells, some were written in a different format. These scrolls helped modern historians to better understand ancient Egyptian religion and rituals.
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