Page 100 - Key to Social Studies 3

Let’s Observe

Some Facts about the Egyptian Civilization

• The three Pyramids of Giza are for three

Egyptian kings. The largest is the Great

Pyramid of Giza which was built for King

Khufu, the second one was for King

Khafra, and the third was for King

Menkaure.

• The Pyramids were built as tombs for the

pharaohs and their queens, so that they

would have all their belongings with

them in the afterlife, such as food, jewelry,

and additional luxuries.

• Egyptians cared about documenting their

history and life through building many

monuments and temples along with

engraving their history onto their walls.

You can see many of these monuments in

Luxor and Aswan, which hold one-third of

all the world’s monuments.

• The ancient Egyptian civilization was one

of the rst civilizations in the world based

on agriculture by farming on the basins of

the Nile. Egypt was famous for planting

wheat, barley, gs, vegetables,

pomegranates, and vines.

98