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What did the people of ancient Egypt build for the Gods?
Temples
100
Who held most of the authority within an ancient Egyptian city?
The Pharaoh
100
Who made up third or lower class?
The farmers and slaves
100
Who were able to go to school?
Boys from wealthy families
100
What did they mainly farm in ancient Egypt?
Barley, vegetables, corn, figs, melons and flax
200
What were all of the gods thought to control?
A different force of nature
200
What was the Government of Ancient Egypt ran under?
A monarchy
200
Who made up middle class?
Merchants, craftsmen, soldiers and scribes
200
Who educated the young girls? What were they taught to become?
Their mothers, and bakers, dancers, weavers, housewives
200
Farming was mainly the work of who?
The men
300
Where did they believe you went after death and how could you get there?
You went to the afterlife and you had to live a wise and plentiful life
300
What did people give to the government as taxes?
Agriculture produce or precious materials
300
Who made up first class?
Pharaoh, Nobles, Government officials, and Priests
300
Who taught at the schools?
Priests and Scribes
300
What did the farmers believed their success relied on?
Blessings from the gods
400
From what did the Egyptians believe the Gods evolved from ?
A different animal
400
How do we know what we do about ancient Egyptian government?
From tomb inscriptions
400
What was the role of the scribe and what did they use to do it?
Was to write and record important events using hieroglyphics on a paper made from papyrus reed
400
What were the most important subjects?
Mathematics, reading, writing, religious beliefs, and medicine
400
What was done with the crops after harvest?
They were dried and stored away
500
What is it called to believe in many Gods?
Polytheism
500
Who made up the government?
Pharaoh, vizier, general, scribe, overseer, and chief treasurer
500
How did you become a slave? What did they have to do?
To be a prisoner that was captured in war, forced to build and do hard labor
500
Where did the teaching take place?
In or near the temples
500
How did they water their crops?
They dug canals from the Nile river to distribute water across their entire crop