Ancient Egypt I
Pharaoh
What was the title used by Egyptian rulers?
Hieroglyphics
What was the form of Egyptian writing called?
In Egyptian society they were at the bottom
What were peasants?
Polytheism
What is a religion consisting of many gods?
A belief in the afterlife
What was the Egyptian process of mummification connected to?
In Egyptian society, this person was at the top
Who was the Pharaoh?
He united Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt into one kingdom
Who was Menes?
Scribes
What were the people who could write in ancient Egypt called?
To serve as royal burial places
What was the purpose of the pyramids?
It was in the Northeast corner of Africa. It was bordered to the east by the Red Sea, it was bordered to the north by the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara Desert
Why was Ancient Egypt isolated?
The Gift of the Nile
What was the "nickname" for Egypt?
Its flooding provided silt for farming, it provided fresh drinking water, papyrus (the plant the Egyptians used to make their "paper" from grew along its banks, and it was a waterway for transportation
What were ways the Nile River benefitted Egyptians?