2/4/14 west civ class

     We talked about Egypt today in class and how they changed technology in the world. Egypt is made up of the Nile and the two lands that make up Egypt. Upper Egypt was a 500 mile long strip of fertile land across the Nile while lower Egypt was a wide land of the Nile delta. The Egyptians worshipped the Nile because it provided them with many needs for life. In 3100 B.C. the two lands were unified under one king or Pharaoh. Egyptians relied on the harmony of the universe that they called "maat", the pharaohs responsibility was to keep maat. The pharaoh was all powerful and was treated like a god. It was believed that the pharaoh had a connection to other Egyptian gods or goddesses that were portrayed with animal heads or bodies. Because the pharaoh had so much power he usually had multiple wives. The Egyptians also believed in the after-life, they mummified their loved dead ones and covered them with jewelry and objects that they will need in the after-world. Each persons souls will either be sent to the jaws of a monster or to an after-world of paradise based on whether they lived a good life and how pure their soul was.