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1. Ancient Egypt 3100 BCE – 30 BCE

2. Where is Egypt?

3. Where is Egypt? • What continent is Egypt in? North America South America Asia Australia Europe Africa

4. History of Egypt Today A long time ago

5. Timeline Building of Pyramids Used Hieroglyphics for Writing 3000 BCE 2500 BCE 332 BCE Alexander the Great ruled Egypt 52 BCE Cleopatra VII ruled Egypt Romans rule Egypt 31 BCE

6. De-Coding • Why do we use these short forms? • What do they mean?

7. Alphabet • We have an English alphabet • Other languages have different alphabets

8. Egyptian Alphabet • Instead of using letters, the Egyptians used pictures for whole words • But it also has symbols for single letters • Does anyone know what this is called?

11. Resources https://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/educators/index.html https://www-tc.pbs.org/empires/egypt/pdf/lesson1.pdf

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