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History- Ancient Egypt
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A study of Ancient Egypt and its many major points
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History- Ancient Egypt
Nile River
Beliefs
Gods
Hapi
Ra
Agriculture
Washed ashore black, fertile mud for crops
Crops planted along the Nile
Nile relied on for food
Importance
Herodotus quotes "Egypt is the gift of the Nile"
Without the Nile Egyptians could not...
Bathe
Drink reliable water
Plant crops for food
Hymn of the Nile
Religion and Beliefs
Gods
Most important
Osiris
God of death
Ra
God of the Sun
Hapi
God of the Nile
Worship
Temples
In front of a shrine or statue
Home
Afterlife and death
Mummification
To keep the body well preserved throughout the afterlife
Wealthy Egyptians and Pharaohs could afford it
God
Anubis
Journey to the Afterlife
Weighing of the hearts ceremony
Heavier then ma'at
Oblivion
Egyptians fear oblivion
Eaten by Hammut
Evil and bad weighs down your heart
Light as ma'at
Pass to the underworld
Osiris approves
Good intentions are favourable to ma'at
Field of Reeds: Afterlife
Similar to life
Better and more blissful
Eternal
Social Structure and Jobs
Pharaohs/ Royal Family
Top of social structure
Don't have to do jobs
Rule egypt
Seen as a god
Osiris (first pharaoh)
Seen as a god
Visiers and Priests
Carried out services
To the pharaoh
To the gods
In the temple
Scribes
Wealthy
Literate
Wrote
Heiroglyphics
Craftsmen
Skilled
Crafts
Furniture
Tools
Workers and Peasants
Poor
Worked on the farm
Were paid, but very little
Most common form of egyptian
Slaves
Bottom of the Social Structure
Did very hard work with no pay
Treated like scum
Built the Pyramids
Topography
'Red' Land
Barren desert
Hard to survive
Have a permanent settlement
'Black' Land
On the bank of the nile
Washed ashore black silt and rich mud
Fertile and used for crops
Washed ashore by the floods
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