-During the Neolithic Age, the people of the Nile had moved toward civilization
- Egypt stretches along the lower part of the Nile river
- The Nile played a part to Egypt similar to Tigris and Euphrates did with Mesopatamia
- Pharaoh- a name derived from the Egyptian word for "palace", which they used to mean "the king" in the same way that the white house is today used to mean "the president"
- Egyptians thought that Pharaohs were given power by the gods.
- The pharaohs mother and wife also had a touch of "divinity"
- Many Egyptian deitites were originally made in the form of animals
- The egyptians were known for there huge pyramids and temples that they built that are still intact today
- Pyramid- a massive structure with sloping sides taht met at an Apex, used as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt
- After awhile the pyramid building phase of egypt slowly died down and not many were constructed
- Shortly after pyramids started to fade temples started to emerge and that became the new thing
- The last temple in Egypt was built shortly after 250 B.C.
- After the "new kingdom' came around in Egypt they became a target for invaders in Africa
-Egypt was not really the big dog anymore after all of the other civilizations around them started to catch up to them and they found themselves close to the bottom of the totum pole
- Egypt was in charge for a long time in the Middle East
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