upper egypt was a 500 mile long piece of land along the nile river which emptied in medditeranean 

the nile was a major provider of life 

the 2 lands were under rule of the pharaoh

the pharoah was all powerful  and worshipped as a god, 

the egyptians rely on harmony and balance of the universe, called the Maat 

pharoahs had multiple wives 

women could inherit money in land if they divorced their husband if they treated them wrong 

they wrote in heiroglphs which were pictures 

and they wrote in hieratic which is actual letters they used 

wooden sails were constructed to increase transportation 

the pyramids were massive tomb stones  which were colorful filled with marble 

they depict pictures of gods of regular poses 

they created the calender we use. 12 months 365 days and went of the stars 

their doctors focused on potions and medicine