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The Egyptian writing system.

What are hieroglyphics?

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The Great Pyramid in Giza was dedicated to this pharaoh.

Who is Khufu?

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The two firsts we credit to Menes.

What are the first pharaoh and the first dynasty. (Dynasty = family of rulers.)

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The Rosetta Stone helped scholars and historians study hieroglyphics in this way

What is by having the same messagesame message in 3 languages, so that scholars who new Greek were able to figure out the hieroglyphics.

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Lasting achievements in writing.

What are government writings, historical records, science texts, medical manuals, and literary works like The Book of the The Book of the DeadDead. (Papyrus lasted in the desert conditions.)

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This guy unified upper and lower Egypt. (According to tradition.)

Who is Menes?

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Egypt’s first dynasty was this type of government.

What is a theocracy. (a government ruled by religious leaders such as priests or a monarch thought to be divine.)

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This group ruled Egypt for 160 years after the Old Kingdom fell.

Who are the nobles.

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This was the political and cultural center of Egypt for many years.

What is Memphis.

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Ramses the Great was most remembered for these things.

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What are for being a great warrior and a building great monuments. (Temples at Karnak, Luxor, and Abu Simbel.)

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pharaohs.

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People blamed this guy if the crops did not grow.

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Bodies were preserved as mummies and kept in this case.

What is a sarcophagus.

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This is the reason the Egyptians wanted to prevent their loved ones’ bodies from decaying.

If the body decayed, the spirit would not recognize it. (The link between the body and spirit would be broken and the spirit would be unable to receive food and drinks)

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This showed historians that the afterlife was important to the Egyptians.

What are the tombs that were made for the people that died. They put food and beverages in the tombs so that their loved ones would be cared for in the afterlife?

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This job employed most of the people in Egypt!

Who are Farmers?

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Farmers did this during flood season.

What is worked on pharaoh’s building project?

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This factor contributed most to the growth of trade in the New Kingdom.

What are military conquests?

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The peasants duties to the pharaoh.

What are building pyramids, mining gold, and fighting in the army? (They got paid in grain.)

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First colonial legislature in North America. Over time I split into 2 houses. One of my parts was the House of Burgesses. The members were elected by colonists. I was inspired by Parliament.

What is the Virginia assembly.

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We could afford mummies and you couldn’t.

Who are the elite?

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Egyptians believed this about a well ordered society!

What is that it would keep their kingdom strong.

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This is a reason that the military was a good career opportunity for Egyptians.

What is that it offered people a chance to rise in social status.

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Women’s rights in Egypt.

What are owning property, making contracts, and divorcing their husbands.

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The social order in ancient Egypt.

Pharaoh

Nobles (officials and priests)

Middle class (scribes and craftspeople)

Lower class (farmers, servants, and slaves.)

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Egypt’s political system was based on this belief.

Pharaoh was both a king and a god.

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Hatshepsut was remembered for this.

What are increased trade and building monuments. (Hathor was one bad lady.)

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Lasting achievements in art.

What are magnificent paintings, carvings and statues, and jewelry for both men and women.

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Lasting achievement in architecture.

Of course they built the awesome pyramids. Built temples that were guarded by rows of sphinxes, had huge thick entrance gates, obelisks on both sides.

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3 gods of ancient egypt.

What are:

Re, the sun god.

Osiris, underworld

Isis, magic

Horus, sky god (god of the pharaohs)

Thoth, wisdom

Anubis, mummification

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If pharaoh is happy, everybody is happy---

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The reason the Egyptians built their temples and pyramids to be grand and spectacular.

They showed how important the pharaoh was. (Symbolized his journey to the afterlife.)