ESSENTIAL QUESTION
How does geography influence the way people live?
1. Why was the Nile River important to the ancient Egyptians?
2. How did the ancient Egyptians depend on the Nile River to grow their crops?
3. How did Egypt become united?
Essential Question:
What makes a culture unique?
1. How was ancient Egypt governed?
2. What kind of religion did the ancient Egyptians practice?
3. Why and how were pyramids built?
4. How was Egyptian society organized?
Essential Question:
Why do civilizations rise and fall?
1. Why was the Middle Kingdom a "golden age" for Egypt?
2. Why as the New Kingdom a unique period in ancient Egypt's history?
3. How did two unusual pharaohs change ancient Egypt?
4. Why did the Egyptian empire decline in the late 1200s B.C.?
How does geography influence the way people live?
1. Why was the Nile River important to the ancient Egyptians?
2. How did the ancient Egyptians depend on the Nile River to grow their crops?
3. How did Egypt become united?
Essential Question:
What makes a culture unique?
1. How was ancient Egypt governed?
2. What kind of religion did the ancient Egyptians practice?
3. Why and how were pyramids built?
4. How was Egyptian society organized?
Essential Question:
Why do civilizations rise and fall?
1. Why was the Middle Kingdom a "golden age" for Egypt?
2. Why as the New Kingdom a unique period in ancient Egypt's history?
3. How did two unusual pharaohs change ancient Egypt?
4. Why did the Egyptian empire decline in the late 1200s B.C.?