Directions:UsingyournotesandsummariesfromhistoryandEnglish,youmustproveinan

informativeessaythat
Egyptwasacivilization.
Youressayshouldusethecolorcodedwriting
systemtaughttoyouinMr.Daytonsclass.

ParagraphOne:Introductionmustincludeyourthesisstatement

BodyParagraphs27:Eachparagraphwillfocusononepiece(geography,socialstructure,
government,religion,economy,andculture)ofcivilizationrelatedtotheEgyptians.Theydonot
necessarilyhavetobeintheorderprovided

Example(nottheonlywaythiscanbeorganized)

TopicSentence
(thisrelatestoyouroriginalthesisstatement)
Claim
(thefirstreason)
Evidence
(adirectquotationfromorreferencetoasource)
Commentary
(connecttoyourthesis)
Claim
(anotherclaimforthefirstreason)
Evidence
(adirectquotationfromorreferencetoasource)
Commentary
(connecttoyourthesis)
ConcludingSentence
(restateyourthesisandconcludetheparagraph)

Guesswhat?ItsverylegitthatEgyptwasacivilizationanditsunquestionablytrue.Itis
verymuchtruethattheywereacivilizationbecausetheyhadalltherequirementsneededfor
one.Theyhadeconomy,religion,culture,socialstructure,geography,andgovernment.Inorderto
startandhaveacivilizationistohaveallthesixelementsandEgyptdid!Thebasicsofthe
Egyptarethattheydohaveeconomy,culture,religion,socialstatus,geography,andgovernment
andthatsmakesthemacivilization.Egyptwasaverystablecivilization,thatmeansithada
stronggovernmentthatmostofthepeoplesupported(listenedto).Ifyouwanttocreatea
civilizationyouneedtoknowthefactthatyouneedsixelementstoreallyhaveacivilization
whichmeansthatEgyptwasreallyacivilization.Egyptisacivilizationbecauseoftheimportant
matterthatithasallthesixelementsneededforacivilization.
Economy,inotherwordsthingsthatinvolvemoney,economymeanttradinggoods,well
onlyforAncientEgyptians.
ItwashardtotransporttotradingcentersbecauseEgyptwas97%
desertafterall,sotheyusedtheNileRiver.
Thegoodstheywereneedingwereusedtohelp
buildthepyramidfortheirpharaohatthetime,theresourcestheyneededtobuildapyramid
weregranite,gold,silver,andlimestone.(Mr.Rutherford'slecture)
Also,thewaytheyusedthe
NileRiverfortransportationwasboats,theywouldboatupanddowntheriver.
Thepyramids
werelocatedbytheNileDeltainthenorth,soEgyptianmerchants(traders)hadtomovegranite
andgoldforthepyramidsbyboatalongtheNileRiver.
AsMr.Rutherfordstates,theboats
helpedthemalotintravelingsoitwaseasierforthemtotradegoods.(Mr.Rutherford'slecture)
Thegoodswereusedtohelpotherpeopleanditwasusedforthepharaohinhelpingbuildhis
pyramidforhim.
Thegranite,gold,silver,gold,andlimestonewereusedtohelppyramidsgetbuilt
andmerchantsweretheoneswhotraveledtothetradecenterstogetthegoods.

Haveyoueverheardaboutmummificationandpharaohs?
Mummificationandpharaohs
wereallabouttheEgyptiansintriguingculture.
Theywouldmummifytheroyalfamilyandbuild
pyramidsastombsforpharaohs.(WGBHArticle:EgyptianSocialStructureandthePyramids.)
TheAncientEgyptiansdidthatbecausetheyrespectedtheirpharaohsandthepyramidshelped
thepharaohsgettotheafterlife.
TheprieststoldtheEgyptiansthatthepharaohwouldthentake
careofthemwhenhebecameagodandtheybelievedhim.
TheEgyptiansbelievedthepriests
becausetheyrespectedthemandthepriestsspendtheirlivesworshipinggodsandtheyknew
whattheyweretalkingabout.(WGBHArticle:EgyptianSocialStructureandthePyramids.)
ThatsalsoareasonwhyEgyptianswantedtobuildapyramidfortheirpharaohatthetimethey
hadhim.
Theirculturewasanawesomeculturebecausetheywouldmummifyaroyalmember
bytakingouthis/herinsidesandwrappinghim/herinbandagesandtheyalsobuiltpyramidsas
atombforpharaohs.
BelievingingodsandgoddessesmeansthatyourpolytheisticliketheEgyptians.
The
Egyptiansbelievedinabout2,000godsandgoddessesandsomeofthemweremajordeities
wieldinggreatreligious,temporalandpoliticalpower.
TheEgyptiansrespectedtheirgods
decisionsotheyrespectedtheirpharaoh.(
http://www.bbc.co.
)
Theyshowedthatrespectby
helpingbuildthepyramidfortheirpharaohatthetime.
Buildingpyramidsshowedhowmuch
Egyptiansbelievedthatthepharaohwouldtakecareofthemwhenhebecameagodinthe
afterlife.
Thearticlestates,Egyptiansbelievedthepriestswhosaidthatthepyramidswouldget
thepharaohtotheafterlife.(
http://www.bbc.co
)
Egyptiansbelievedthatiftheyput
food,games,clothing,orscrollsandthepharaohsimportantbelongingsinthetombwithhimit
wouldallgowithhimtotheNextWorld.
Egyptiansbelievedinsomanygodsandtheyrespected
andlovedthemsomuchtheydidthingsthatshowedthattheyreallydolove,respect,and
worshipthem.
Peopleweretreatedverydifferentlybasedontheirpower,socialstatus,andtheirjob.
Peoplelikeslaves,farmers,andcraftsmenwerentasrespectedasthepharaohandtheywerent
aspowerfultoobecauseoftheirjob.
Asthearticleclaims,Thefarmerswereconscripted,
which
meanstheyhadtowork
onthepyramidswhengovernmentofficialsaskedthem.(WGBH
Article:EgyptianSocialStructureandthePyramids.)
Peoplewhohadalowerstatusontheirjob
weretreatedveryindividuallythanotherpeoplewhohadahigherstatusintheirjob.
GovernmentOfficialshaveahigherpowerthanfarmers,andpriestsarehigherthan
governmentofficials,thepoweralldependsonthejob.
Thearticlesays,Farmersbuiltthe
pyramidsduringthefourmonthswhentheirfieldswerefloodedbytheNileRiver.Ittook
thousandsofmenpullingstonesintoplacewithropes,orcuttingstoneswithpicks.(WGBH
Article:EgyptianSocialStructureandthePyramids.)
Theyhopedthatiftheybuiltthepyramid
thepharaohswouldbecomegodsintheafterlifeandtakecareofthemsothatswhythe
Egyptiansbuiltthepyramids.
Egyptiansweretreateddifferentlybasedontheirjobandsoare
werightnowlikepresidentsandengineers,theirpowerisverydifferentjustliketheEgyptians.
Egypt'sgovernmentwassogoodthatEgyptiansfeltthattheirleaders(government)kept
themsafefromattackandprovidedafairgovernment,sotheywouldrespectthemin
return.
Egyptwasaverystablecivilizationwhichmeantthattheyhadastronggovernment,
whichiswhatmadepeoplerespectthem.
Thearticlestates,Egyptwasaverystable
civilizationthatmeansithadastronggovernmentthatmostofthepeoplesupported(listened
to).(WGBHArticle:EgyptianSocialStructureandthePyramids.)
Thereweremanyjobsinthe
governmentlikemilitaryleaders,andviziers

whoworkedforthepharaoh.
Egyptiangovernment

wasprettygoodjustliketheircivilizationbecausetheyhadpeoplethatrespectedthemsoif
peoplerespectedthemthatmeansthattheydidagoodjobofprotectingthosepeople.
The
articleevensaysthatpeoplelistenedtothegovernmentbecauseEgyptwasastablecivilization
whichmeanttheyhadagoodgovernment.(WGBHArticle:EgyptianSocialStructureandthe
Pyramids.)
Somepeoplefeltmoreprotectedbytheirleadersingovernmentsotheyrespected
themmorethantheirpharaoh.
Egyptsgovernmentwasawesomebecausepeoplerespectedit
andlistenedtoit,youwouldtooiftheyprotectedyousowell.
Egyptis97%desertwhichwasverychallenginganddifficultforthembecausethey
didnthavethatmuchwaterandtheycouldntgrowtheircropsbecausethesoilwasbad.
The
ancientEgyptianswantedtolivenearthenileriverbecauseithadwaterandithadvegetation
andtheriverhelpedthemgrowcrops.
Thewebsitestatesthat,TheNileprovidedothergiftsto
theancientEgyptians.Papyrus,usedforeverything,grewwildlyalongitsbanks.Itprovided
waterforcookingandbathing.
(http://egypt.mrdonn.org/geography.html)
AnotherwaytheNile
RiverhelpedtheancientEgyptianswasfromitsfertilelandandthathelpedwiththecropsandit
alsohadwatertohelpwithcropsanditwouldhelpyougethydratedanditwouldhelpyoubathe
topreventsickness.
Eachspring,snowonthemountainswouldmelt.TheNileRiverwouldflood.
Thiswasaverygoodthing.Whenthefloodwatersreceded,theyleftbehindfertilesoil.Crops
couldeasilybegrowninthisblack,richsoil.
Thewebsitealsostatesthat,Fishandwaterfowl
wereplentiful.Wildvegetablescouldbefound,alongwithbirdeggs.Egyptislocatedinthe
middleofadesert.ButlifealongtheNilewas
splendid.(
http://egypt.mrdonn.org/geography.html)
Egyptianscameupwithmanyideastomake
suppliesfromplantslikepapyrusithelpedthemmakepapertoputrulesonor
drawings.
Egyptianshadadifficultlifebecauseoftheupsanddownofthelandlikeitbeing97%
dessertandithavingbadsoilbutthentheyfiguredoutawaytosurvivewiththegoodpartsof
Egypt.
ItsveryunquestionablythatEgyptdidhaveacivilizationandthatsverymuchtrue
becausetheyhadallofthesixelementsrequiredfora
civilization.Economy,religion,culture,socialstructure,geography,andgovernment,theyhadallof
that!SincetheyhadalltheelementsitwasmostdefinitethatEgyptwasacivilization.Egypts
civilizationmostlyfocusedonpyramids,pharaohs,andmummificationandtheNileRiver.Egypt
wasdefinitelyacivilizationandthatisverytruebecauseofalltheelementstheyhave.
EgyptiansevenrespectthegovernmentbecauseEgypthasastablecivilization.Thatiswhy
Egyptwasacivilization,theyhadtheirbadandgoodtimesbutintheendtheyfoundasolution.
Acivilizationisagroupofpeoplewhofindsolutionswhentheyhaveproblemsandhavethese
sixelements,economy,religion,culture,socialstructure,geography,andgovernment.

Paragraph8:Conclusion