Tue., 9/3

Do Now—Exercise 7A:

Copy the following verbatim (exactly as written, word for word):

Heb-sed – The heb-sed was a festival in which the king took a ceremonial run around a race course. Running, and winning, the heb-sed race reaffirmed the pharaoh’s power to regulate the flood waters of the Nile, and to protect Egypt.

Imhotep – Imhotep engineered Djoser’s Pyramid. He was honored as a great priest and wise man. He provided his workers with an early form of health care and after his death was deified as the god of medicine.

Exercise 7B:

Read p. 61 (including footnote) – p. 62, ¶ 1.

In Exercise 7B, write…

Division of labor in ancient Egypt, Dynasty 1

…and, under it, list all the occupations you and your tablemates can find in this passage. Do not use complete sentences, just list the jobs.

Model answer: •Construction workers and their bosses

•Tax-collectors / bureaucrats

•Scribes / lector-priests / high priests

•Farmers

•Pharoahs

•Governors / courtesans / nobility / aristocrats

•Soldiers

•Merchants

•Metal workers / jewelers

HW:

Spend twenty minutes reading/reviewing Ch. 9. Focus on the following paragraphs:

•p. 61 (including footnote) – p. 62, ¶ 1

•p. 62, ¶ 2 – p. 62, ¶ 3 (The third king…) and study the Dynasty 1 expansion on the map on p. 63

•p. 65, ¶ 4 (The early pharaohs…)

•p. 66, ¶ 7 (Egypt relied…)

•p. 67, ¶ 5 (In this Second Dynasty…)