KEEPING ORDER
2600-2200 BC, a time of magnificent building projects and increased trade
What is the Old Kingdom?
Other than the people, Pharaoh have exclusive rights to these two things
What are Land & Grain?
Way to preserve a corpse from decay
What is embalming?
Pharaoh's tomb where he is preserved and honored
What is a pyramid?
Absolute god-ruler at the apex of the social structure
Who is Pharaoh?
Sun God
Who is Ra/Re
These Egyptian books were a first
What are Medical Books?
Two values Egyptians value the most
What are unity and order?
Old Kingdom Capital
What is Memphis?
A mummified body
What is a mummy?
Burial tomb of Pharaoh Khufu
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
Slave, farmer, and unskilled labor class
What is lower class?
God of Magic
Who is Isis
In comparison, Egyptian women had ______ rights than Mesopotamian women
What is more?
Meaning Great House, the absolute ruler of Egypt
Who is Pharaoh?
Pharaoh's father
What is Re/Ra
What is the heart?
Famous engineer, architect, and government official of the Old Kingdom
Who is Imhotep?
Priest, General, Nobility class
What is high class?
River God
Who is Hapi?
How many Egyptians lived on 3% of the land of Egypt
What is 5 million?
Government officials that assisted Pharaoh in running Egypt
Who are Bureaucrats?
How to get to the afterlife manual
What is the Book of the Dead?
What Egyptians learned about from embalming
What is anatomy and medicine?
Knowledge Egyptians gained by building the pyramids
What are Fractions, Base 10, measuring angles, a 365 day calendar with 12 months and 3 seasons, determining North,
Scribe, Trader, Merchant, skilled labor, artisan class
What is middle class?
Ruled the underworld with his wife
Who is Osiris?
A one word description of the Egyptian afterlife
What is paradise?
Egypt's form of government wherein Pharaoh was both a political and religious leader
What is Theocracy?
Soul or life force
What is the Ka?
Dried the body for mummification
What is Natron Salt
Mathematical advancements of the Egyptians
What are the base 10 numeral system and fractions
The Sphynx was carved to protect this pharaoh's temple
Who is Kafre?
God of Learning
Who is Thoth?
Pharaoh's 4 Duties
What are Peace, Good Harvest, Economic Strength, and a Healthy population?