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Flashcards by Lucinda Chalkley, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Lucinda Chalkley
over 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Where is Egypt located? | North Africa |
| In which direction does the Nile flow | From south to north (upwards) towards the Nile DElta |
| In which month does the Nile flood and who's responsibility is it? | September, The Pharoah |
| What is the modern day capital of Egypt? | Cairo |
| who "gift of the nile" | Herodotus-greek |
| Social hierarchy? | Pharoah, Vizier, priest, scribe, artisan, farmer, servant/slave |
| Social | Men higher than women-woman pharoah last resort |
| rich | educated, could afford lots, was recorded |
| River Nile | needed to survive, once flooded fertile soil, source of food, money, animals |
| King Tut | came to power at age 12. died when 19.possibly died from chariot accident after scans show that there was resin around a fracture in his leg. Possibly got Malaria |
| Pharoah | Ruled upper+lower. though to be a descendant of a god/ a god. considered a protector and ruler of Egypt. Was responsible for: the flooding of the Nile every September, the gods to look kindly upon the people, winning battles and for Ma'at (Truth and Justice) to be in the heart of the people. could be either gender but preferred male. Owned the most land and collected taxes. Pharoah means Great House. |
| Beliefs | in the gods, afterlife, preservation of the body and the two parts of a person: physical and spiritual. |
| Amun Re | Head God, God of the sun because ancient egyptians thought that the sun made everything. |
| Osiris | King of the Underworld, father of Horus |
| Horus | God of the sky, protector of the pharoahs son of Osiris |
| Anubis | God of the dead, Jackal head. Weighs your heart when you enter the afterlife. Associated with death. |
| Isis | Goddess of rebirth. thought to be the mother of all pharoahs |
| Hathor | goddess of love and joy. dfepicted as half cow. |
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