Cyber Day Assignment

Today was our first cyber snow day and Mr Schick told us to take notes into our blog about the ancient Egyptians. First thing I'm learning about is their geography and their entire lives are centered on the Nile River, which is a huge resource for them. The Nile is used for irrigating, drinking, bathing, and transporting goods. In every July, the Nile floods and in every October the river leaves behind rich soil. The river's delta is a fairly large marsh-like triangular area of fertile silt which is very good for farming. As mentioned before, irrigation was a technological breakthrough for the Egyptians because this helped them manage the Nile river. Then the presentation goes on to talk about the pyramids of Egypt and one of it's most famous, the Great Sphinx of Giza. The work was built in 2555-2532 BC and it is a statue of a lion with a human's head. The Great Sphinx of Giza is the oldest monumental statue in the world. I just watched a video on these statues and pyramids in Egypt and I thought it was really fascinating how advanced the Egyptians were in their building skills. Next the presentation moves on to talk about the daily life in Egypt. They had a system of class rank which had slaves at the lowest and Pharaohs at the highest. Slaves most helped the rich people with household duties and taking care of their children. The farmers tended to the crops raised by the help of the irrigation from the Nile river. Artisans were the people who built statues displaying battles and scenes in the afterlife they believed in. In this time of Egyptian history, they used the bartering system and merchants were the people who organized these trades. Scribes were the ones who kept records of events, told stories, made poetry and were held higher up because of their writing. This writing was called hieroglyphs. Soldiers are the third highest rank for class and they used wooden weapons with bronze tips and some even rode chariots. Next was known as the white kilt class who were the priests, physicians, engineers, and Political leaders. The highest rank was Pharaoh but I am going to leave off there and pick up in class on Thursday. Tomorrow is our Monday schedule so we do not have Mr Schick tomorrow.