Pyramids/Tombs
Draw a 3D pyramid
Square bottom, four triangle sides, meat at a point on top
What did farmers use to pay their taxes?
Crops
Define pharaoh
ruler of Egypt, considered both a king and a god
Egyptian gods were a mix of what?
Human and animal forms
The New Kingdom lasted from ____ to _____
1550 to 1050 BC
What type of stone were pyramids made from?
Limestone
Other than priests and government officials what job was the most important?
Scribes
What percentage of the population were farmers?
80%
Egyptian religion focused on what?
The afterlife or life after death
Name the two richest kingdoms (eras).
Old Kingdom and New Kingdom
What pharaoh does the Great Pyramid of Giza belong to?
Khufu
Name two ways hieroglyphics could be written
vertically, horizontally, left to right, right to left,
What pharaoh's tomb was found intact with all it's treasures in 1922?
King Tutankhamen
After a person dies their ka still needs what?
eat, sleep, be entertained, recognize the body
When Egypt was at it's largest size how far did the empire stretch?
Euphrates River to southern Nubia
How where the pyramids built?
Not sure but many theories
Many artists, artisans, and architects worked for _____
government or temples
What pharaoh was a great warrior, empire builder, and built massive monuments?
Ramses the Great
What are the 4 steps of mummification?
1. Remove organs
2. Dry out body
3. Wrap in linin cloth
4. place in coffin/sarcophagus
How long was Egypt in power? From beginning of Old Kingdom to end of New Kingdom.
1,650 years
What does a pyramid symbolize?
The pharaoh's journey to the afterlife
Name two legal rights women had in Egypt
own property, make contracts, divorce their husbands
What pharaoh called herself a king and increased Egyptian trade?
Hatshepsut
Temples were considered to be the ______
homes of the gods
Why did the pharaoh have absolute power over all the land and people of Egypt?
The pharaoh was a god
Come to Earth to manage Egypt for the gods