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Description
Mind Map by Rachel Herron, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Rachel Herron
over 10 years ago
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Ancient
Egypt
- Religion
- Afterlife
- Mummification
& embalming
- this was important because it
meant that your soul could
recognise you and take you to
the after life
- this was important because it
meant that your soul could
recognise you and take you to
the after life
- field of reeds
= heaven
- once dead you had
to go through the
weighing of the
hearts ceremony
- you could take
belongings with
you to the afterlife
- Mummification
& embalming
- Gods
- Polytheistic (has
over 2000 gods
- Main gods
- Ra the sun god
- Thoth, god of
writing &
knowledge
- Hathor, goddess
of fertility
- Osiris, god of
death and the
underworld
- Sobek, god of the nile
- Horus god of the sky
- Anubis, god of
mummification
- Ra the sun god
- Polytheistic (has
over 2000 gods
- Afterlife
- the Pharaoh
- Duties
- to ensure that there was enough food
for everyone
- Ma'at was the
heart of
Egyptian life
- the gods looked
kindly on people
- ensures that Egypt's
army can defend itself
- ensures that the Nile
will flood
- to ensure that there was enough food
for everyone
- Inheritance
- son of the
pharaoh will
inherit the
throne
- if the pharaoh has no son or
no more males in the family
left then the daughter or next
female will inherit the throne.
eg Hatshepsut
- son of the
pharaoh will
inherit the
throne
- Duties
- Ancient Egyptian society
ruled Egypt from 3100BC to
332 BC
- Trade & Conflict
- Conflict (wars)
- reasons for wars
- access to trade routes and
areas with natural sources
- when Egypt was threatened
by neighbours
- access to trade routes and
areas with natural sources
- Major Enemies
- Hyksos-
North East
- Nubians-
South
- Libyans-
West
- Hyksos-
North East
- reasons for wars
- Trade
- Libya - lion skins
& leopard
- Sinai Desert-
Metal &
Turquois
- Punt - Incense,
Myrrh, oil &
Ebony
- Bactria (Iran) -
Lapis-Lazuli & Kohl
- Nubia - Metal
& Slaves
- Byblos
(Lebanon) -
Cedar Wood
- Libya - lion skins
& leopard
- Conflict (wars)
- Geography
- Red Lands
(the desert)
- Inhospitable- people didn't live there
- Protects Egypt from enemies- to
harsh of an environment to
travel/fight in
- Egypt is 90% desert
- Inhospitable- people didn't live there
- Egypt is in Africa
- The Nile River
- the Nile gave life to Egypt
- Provides water
to Egypt
- floods
annually(July-Oct)
- when it floods, it rises 10 Metres
- The Seasons
- Akhet- the
flood
season
- Peret-
the seed
time
- Shemu- the
harvest time
- Akhet- the
flood
season
- the Black lands
- called the black lands because of the colour of
the fertile soil that plants could grow on
- people lived there
because it was not as
hot as the red lands
and it was a
sustainable place
because it flooded
annually
- called the black lands because of the colour of
the fertile soil that plants could grow on
- the Nile gave life to Egypt
- Red Lands
(the desert)
- Hierogliphics
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