2/7/2014

• The writing of the words of God
• Earliest Egyptian writing formed in 3100 B.C. and were small pictures known as hieroglyphics.
• hieroglyphics were pictures and hieratic script was almost an alphabet.
• papyrus- paper made from wreathes that grew on the Nile. 
• Papyrus made scrolls which were books of ancient Egypt.
• calendars and sailboats
• they created a year into 365 days, which helped them know when to plant food and when it was going to flood because of seasonal cycles.
• sailboats were used as transportation on the Nile.
• pyramids and temples
• pyramids were massive stone tombs, originally covered in marble.
• the temple of Amon, the largest religious building still.
• the rhythm of Egypt history
• Egypt history is one of long period unbroken stability, punctuated with occasional periods of turmoil and distribution.