Egyption History & Geography Lecture 1 PDF

# The Egyptians' Trip The Egyptians' trip, they went on a cruise around twice in 590 BC in salfie. The archive source for this trip is informed by Herodotus. The link between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. Sesostris's canal 590 BC. # Egypt had Various Topographical Features * The Nile River...

# The Egyptians' Trip The Egyptians' trip, they went on a cruise around twice in 590 BC in salfie. The archive source for this trip is informed by Herodotus. The link between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. Sesostris's canal 590 BC. # Egypt had Various Topographical Features * The Nile River and The Nile Valley. There were two ages of the life (era): food collection era. * The desert (Dört): it means the red desert. It is considered a source of danger to Egypt because it contains predatory animals and foreigners coming from other countries through the desert and it indicates chaos and disorganization. * Easten desert: sunrise means light = life * Westen desert: sunset means darkness = death. * The North Coast: Mediterranean Sea * The East Coast: Red Sea * The Egyptian oasis # Egyption Economy The Egyption economy is an agricultural economy that depends on the Nile and animals, that we found in the walls of the temples, were we saw many daily scenes that confirmed the Egyptian dependence on agriculture in their life. # The Afonian Revolution But Akhenaten made the Afonian Revolution (the one god), which is the sun so the sunrise was the work, life and death everything is in the east. # Topographical Composition of Egypt * North Coast: Mediterranean Sea * East Coast: Red Sea * Westen Desert: Libyan desert * Easten Desert: Arabian desert * The Nile in the South: there were granite stones that hinder foreign ships because they didn't know them. * So if considered that Egyption civilization was protected from all sides because of geographical features. # Egypt was Dealing with Many Parts Such As: * Levant: * Ugarate: * Punt: * Byblos: # Farah Sayes, Lecture 1 ## Topographical Outline of Egypt and its Impact on its Culture History began in Egypt and Mesopotamia (the land between the two rivers) Iraq, and it started around 3000 BC. * Prehistoric: it is the pre-writing time and began with the descent of Asiam continent to the earth. We will study civilization from 3000 BC to 332 BC: from the First Egyptian dynasty to the First Greek Dynasty. * The main points: The Nile River and the Nile Valley * The Easten and Westen Desert and Sinai * The North Coast: Mediterranean Sea * The East Coast: Red Sea * The Egyptian oasis