Relegion in Egypt
Pyramid Tombs
Daily Life
A Golden Age
Building an Empire
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Why did the Egyptians depend on the sun?
To grow their crops and on the Nile River to make the soil fertile.
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What is the name of the biggest and grandest pyramid that the Egyptians built?
The Great Pyramid.
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Where did most ancient Egyptians live?
In the fertile Nile Valley and delta.
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When did the ruling pharaohs in Memphis begin to weaken?
Around 2200 B.C.
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Why did the Egyptians need wood?
To build boats,furniture,and other items.
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In what did the earliest Egyptians believe?
That only the pharaohs could enjoy the afterlife.
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Where did the wealthy people have their mummies placed in? Where did the poorer people have their mummies placed in?
Wealthy people - In coffins and buried in tombs. Poorer people - In caves or in the sand.
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What did the roles of the people reflect in ancient Egypt?
Their social status,or positioning society.
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What did the painters decorate?
The walls of tombs and temples with colorful scenes.
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Where did the Egyptians travel to find wood?
To the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea where the present day country of Lebanon is located.
300
What was the most important writings of ancient Egypt?
The Book of the Dead.
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What did the Egyptian doctors sew up?
Cuts and set broken bones.
300
What is the lowest and largest groups in Egyptian society?
Farmers and unskilled workers.
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Who are the Hyskos?
A people from western Asia.
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Where did the Egyptians spread their food and goods?
Across Southwest Asia
400
Where did the poorer people have their mummies?
Buried in caves or in the sand.
400
Where did the workers search for stone?
Throughout the Nile River valley or in Upper Egypt.
400
Where did the upper class live?
In elegant home and on estates along the Nile River.
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For how many years did the Hyskos kings rule Egypt?
More than 100 years.
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How many cities did the Egyptian armies capture during Thutmose's reign?
Nearly 350 cities.
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What did the Egyptian doctors sew up?
Cuts and set broken bones.
500
What did the pyramids protect?
The bodies of dead pharaohs from floods,wild animals,and robbers.
500
What did the oldest sun or daughter were responsible for?
Taking care of their parents when the parents became old or sick to take care of themselves.
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When did the Egyptian prince Ahmos form an army and drove the Hyskos out of Egypt?
Around 1550 B.C.
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When did Thutmose the thirth become pharaoh?
When Hatshepsut died.
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