Egypt Prezi Day 2

This is the second day of looking at the Prezi on Egypt. Silt was a very rich soil that made it easy to grow plants. Silt was left after the water receded from the flooding in July. Sphinx of Giza was built around  2555 - 2532 BC. Daily life of Egyptians was based on class. The scribes wrote in hieroglyphs and in hieratic. The soldiers used wooden weapons ( bows, arrows, spears) w/ bronze tips and might ride chariots. Upper class, known as the "white kilt class"-priests, physicians,engineers.Religious and political leader were the nobles. Pharaohs is the political and religious leader of Egyptian people, holding the titles: "lord of the Two Lands and High priest" The pharoah was the ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt. Hatsheput was a woman who served as a pharoah. Cleopatra VII also served as pharoah, but much later.