notes on LO-3

• Egyptian civilization was more stable than Mesopotamia.
• the Nile River is 4,000 miles long! (WOW! (:  )
• the Nile River starts in Central Africa to the Mediterranean Sea.
• Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. ("Two Lands")
• Upper Egypt- 500 miles long and 12 miles wide
• Lower Egypt- fan-shaped pattern of waterways formed by the Nile River
• Pharaoh- word to mean "palace"
• "palace" meant the king back then 
• in Egypt, the Pharaoh was a human with god-like features. they were "god-kings".
• Pharaohs were treated like gods on earth, because that's what the Egyptians thought the pharaohs were.
• the only women that were treated like gods were the Pharaoh's mother and Principal wife (sometimes the sister of half sister).
• the pharaohs were always half human, half animal in paintings and sculptures.