2.25.15

Today in west civ we went over the powerpoint on ancient Egypt. We started learning about the government by a god-king known as the Pharaoh. Pharaohs are the highest power in Egypt. They had multiple wives, and all routes to financial success were through the palace. Egyptian believed in an afterlife where all the (higher powered) souls go and justify themselves at the point of death and be sent to an after-world paradise, where as others will be eaten by a monster. The earliest form of Egyptian writing was from 3100 BC. They used small pictures to show religious words, parts of a word, or maybe a sentence which were called hieroglyphs. Egyptians learned to make paper and form them into scrolls. The paper they used was called papyrus. The astronomers created a calendar with a full 365 days and they used the calendar to separate the seasons so they would know when the river was going to flood, the best time for planting, etc. The doctors knew all about human anatomy and they write down things about certain health issues, they created potions, and even made cures. Wooden sailboats were made to navigate the Nile River easier.