vocab
Who were the scriibes and what did they do
wrote on papyrus
where is egypt what continent
africa
What was the name of the process used to conserve the body of someone who died
embalming
What river helps egypt
nile
did aliens help build them?
No
What helped them travel the nile river
sails
What were some of the important rights that egyptian women had
owning property, buying and selling goods, and obtaining divorces
What was the god osiris known for
law and farming
What did they build houses with
mud bricks
were the workers skilled when making the pyramids (extra detials will get you more points)
yes
This is a system where the same person holds both political and religious authority
Theocracy
Who made up the most population in Egypt?
Farmers, workers
who was the wisdom or learning god
Thoth
WHo was in charge of embalming
Priests
What direction or star is used to face the pyramids
north
These are officials appointed by the Pharaoe to supervise and carry out commands
Bureaucrats
Were we learning about the old or new kingdom of egypt
old kingdom
WHo is the river god?
Hapi
what is the name of the paper that they used and why was it named that?
Papyrus
This invention kept time and days and also split the year into 3 seasons, bonus points for extra details
calender
What did Pharaoh originally mean (50 extra points if you get both right) and what does it mean now?
Great House and means King or ruler
Where was grain stored?
Granaries
Who was their sun god?
Re
What are two things that they learned from emblaming?
Sewing cuts, setting broken bones, medicine, anatomy
What kid of tools do they use when making the pyramids
Copper, bronze