EARLY EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION

EARLY EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION 
Egypt – surrounded by natural barriers like deserts, mountains and seas

Nile River- longest river

-         played an important role in Egyptian’s civilization

-         make fertile lands

-         source of irrigation

-         great transportation system

PHARAOH– “great houses”

-         has absolute power

-         owned lands

-         commanded the army, controlled the irrigation system

-         law maker, dispensed justice

-         tax collector

THEOCRACY – a government in which the ruler is presumed to posses both spiritual or divine power and civil authority

-         developed a system of government to answer the need of controlling the Nile River

-         through intermarriages, the little chiefdoms eventually became divided into two main divisions:

LOWER EGYPT – consisting of the northern part of the Nile Valley including the river’s mouth or delta

UPPER EGYPT – central part of the Nile Valley; extended along the river valley southward from Memphis to Aswan