bureaucrat

nobles, generals, and priests/ cities and large estates along the Nile servants waited on them

extremely dry climate of the area

Ramses the Great's wife

10 miles south of the modern city of Cairo in Giza, about 48 story building, more than 2 million stone blocks

They were located on a river, both farmed and used trade, both worshiped many gods, used irrigation, had a govt and laws, & both had social groups

Affected every part of life. Egy worshiped many gods and goddesses. Believed the gods controlled nature. Sun god, Re important bc sun necessary for good crop

various materials including alabaster, ivory, basalt, limestone, wood gilded with gold, and sometimes even solid gold.

the pharaoh and his family

astronomy, 365 day calendar, geometry/mathematics, a system of written numbers, fractions

2540 B.C.

Use all the land in Egypt any way he wanted. Orders obeyed without question. Appointed bureaucrats.