African Mission I
Just for Students June 22nd, 2009
Ashunti, Camaryn, Kelsey, Omari, Phylicia, Rachel, Taylor, and Tricia:
Aren’t you amazed at all the interesting facts we’re learning about Ancient Africa? It’s time to show off the knowledge you have gained so far! Post your responses here by 10:00 tonight. To get full credit, be sure to use complete sentences, correct capitalization, and proper punctuation.
Choose any five (5) of the following terms to define or give an interesting fact about: Nubia, hieroglyphics, apprentice, prospered, Egypt, Zimbabwe, pyramid, Nile River, Sahara Desert
Click here for a fun link to Ancient Egypt. There’s even an area to type your name in hieroglyphics! –Mrs. Neely
June 22nd, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Nubia is the oldest culture in Afrcia.Zimbabwe is a kingdom in the south part of Africa.The Nile River is the longest river in the world.The pyramids were used to protect there things.The Shara Desertis the larges desert in the world.
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:52 pm
Nubia- A desert region and ancient kindom in the Nile River valley of southern Egypt and northern Sudan. hieroglyphics-Of, relating to, or a system of writing, such as that of ancient…Difficult to read or decipher.apprentice- One bound by legal agreement to work for another for a specific amount of time in return for instuction in trade,art, or business.prospered- To be for or successful, especially in terms of fincinces. Egypt- A republic northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Replublic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC. Zimbabwe- A ruined city of southern Zimbabwe south of Harare. First occupied by Iron Age peoples in the third century a.d., it was rediscovered c.1870 and is beleaved by some to be the site of King Solomon’s mines. pryamid- A solid figure with a polygonal base and triangular faces that meet at a common point. Nile River- the longest river about(4000) miles long flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean. Sahara Desert- the would largest desert about (3,500,000) spuare Miles in the northern Africa.
June 22nd, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Wow, Ashunti & Camaryn! Great job with your answers!
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:03 am
The Sahara Desert is the largest desert in the world. Nubia has more pyramids than Egypt. Nubia is under Egpyt. Ancient Egpyt writing is called Hieroglyphics.Nubia also had a neighbor to the North. The neighbor to the North of Nubia is called The Nile River.The Nile River was called the Life….Blood. Egpyt made the soil rich. Nubians made good use of soil. They both fought and they both traded. Nubia pyramids was made of sand stone. Egpyt pyramids was made of lime stone. Nubias pyramids was made narrow too. The Pharohs wacthed their fathers so they could learn what they fathers did, so they can do it to.
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:06 am
The Nile River is the longest river in the world. It was the lifeblood of Africa. The neighbor to the north of Nubia was called Egypt. The Sahara Desert is the largest desert in the world. It stretches across the northern part of Africa. Hieroglyphics are a writing to show what happened through those years. People in Ancient Africa prospered.
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:07 am
Great job, Tricia, Phylicia & Taylor!