Tuesday 19 June 2012

Ancient Egypt

Around 5000 years ago the ancient Egyptians established an extraordinary and enduring civilization. 

  1. The Nile river was very important for agriculture, it was the water source for the whole empire.

   2.   The writing: They wrote on papyrus, not on paper. They hadn't got an alphabet, they used hieroglyphs.


 
3. AfterlifeThey believed that humans possessed a ka, or life-force, which left the body at the point of death.

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