More notes on Egypt 2/10/14

Today we took more notes on mummification and the different classes of people.  We talked about geography, daily life, pharaohs, goddess and gods, and pyramids.  Mr. Schick explained more about how the Nile River was so important to the people who lived there.  Every July is flooded and every October it left behind good soil.  We talked about slaves, farmers, artisans, merchants, scribes, soldiers, priests, and the pharaoh.  I learned that there were over 2000 different gods in their religion.  RA was the sun god.  Since we over exaggerated that name for almost 5 full minutes... the gods "controlled" the life of humans.  The Pharaoh owned all the land, made laws, collected taxes, and defended Egypt against foreigners.