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What is the name of the pyramid King Cheops make his subjects build for him?

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The pyramid he made them build is the Great Pyramid of Cheops.

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What would they put in the tomb so the ghost who was visiting didn’t think they were in the wrong tomb?

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They would put furniture, food and clothes. AND his portrait.

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What did they have in front of the great temples?

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they had tall, pointed statues, cut from a single block of granite.

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During whose reign did the people try changing everything?

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They tried changing everything during King Cheops.

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What is it like in Africa?

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it is hot, and for months on end it doesn’t rain.

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What river did the egyptians worship as if it were god himseld?

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They worshipped the nile river.

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What would fit comfortably inside the tomb?

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A cathedral.

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Which pharoah was ruling over Egypt in 3100 BC (5100 years ago)?

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King Menes

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What did the people do to rise up into a rebellion against King Cheops?

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They killed his ministers, and dragged the mummies out of their tombs.

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What were the Gods the Egyptians believed in?

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Osiris, Isis, Amon, and Anubis.

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What did King Cheops make his subjects to for him?

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He made them build a building like mountain. It’s called a pyramid.

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What is the name of the stone they found?

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The name of the stone they found is called the Rosetta stone.

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What were the books the books the Egyptians had made out of?

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they were made out of Papyrus.

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What were the kings of Egypt called?

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They were called Pharaohs

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What did the pharaohs believe they were?

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They believed they were the son of the Sun god, Amon.

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What is the name of the Egyptian pictures?

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They’re not called pictures, they’re called heiroglyphs.

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Around what year did King Akhenaton live?

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He lived around the year 1370 BC.

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What would the slaves get hit with if they grew tired ?

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Hippopotamus-skin whip.

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When did King Cheops live?

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He lived in about 2500 BC

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What is another name for King Cheops?

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“Son of the Sun,”

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How long did the Egyptian empire last?

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It lasted about nearly 3000 (three thousand) years

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If you wanted to write the name of Osiris in heiroglyphs, how would you write it?

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Draw a throne (“Oos,”) and an eye (‘iri.”) Both together made “Os-iri”. So no one thought it was “Throne-eye” they would draw a little flag beside it which meant that person was a god.

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Which pharaoh himself tried to change everything during another time?

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King Akhenaton.

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What were the three scripts they found on the stone?

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greek, Heiroglyphs, and another Egyptian dialect.

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Where does the Nile river flow

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It flows right through the middle of the country. (Africa.)

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When did King Cheops reign?

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He reigned around 2100 BC.

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Where else does it not rain so much, but they odnt need it because of the Nile river?

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In Egypt. But it does rain twice a year.

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WHo was the first king to ever rule over Egypt?

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King Menes.

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What do we see in the noblemen’s tombs in pictures?

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We see embassies arriving from abroad, laden with tribute, and the king rewarding faithful ministers with decorations.

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What is a part of the Egyptians religion?

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Even though a mans soul left his body when he died, for some reason that souls went on needing that body, and would suffer and crumble to dust.

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When did the people tried changing everything/

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Around 2100 BC.

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What was the tomb intended for?

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It is intended to be a dwelling.

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How would they preserve the bodies of the dead?

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They would rub the bodies of the dead with ointments and the certain juices of certain plants, and bandaged them with long strips of cloth so that they wouldn’t decay.

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What were the tall, pointed statues, cut from a single block of granite called?

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these were called obelisks.

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What are hieroglyphs?

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They’re sacred signs-the Egyptian form of handwriting.

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What did the god of the dead have on his head instead of a regular one like ours?

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He had a jackals head.

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How are we able to decipher Heiroglyphs?

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Because of a stone that had been found on which the same words were written in three scripts.

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During whose reign did they shut down the ancient temples?

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During King Akhenaton.

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What was the name of the sun god?

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The sun gods name is Amon.

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What did King Akhenaton try to change?

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He believe there was “only one god,” so he told people there si only one god and that it was the Sun.

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What would they put in the tombs of the dead?

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They would put furniture, food, clothes, and his portrait, to make sure when he visits his tomb, he doesn’t go into the wrong tomb.

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What did the poeple do after King Akhenaton died?

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They reverted everything back to the way it was, (like during King Menes reign,) and for nearly 3 and a half more centuries they continued with the mummies. and prying to the same gods.

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Where did the king live?

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He lived in a great stone palace with massive pillars and many courtyards, and his word was law.

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What did King Cheops overseer do when they would grow tired?

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He would drive them on to continue doing their work by hitting them with a hippopotamus-skin whip.

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in some Egyptian religions; gods were represented in animal form. Whats the creature we know of?

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We know of the Sphinxs.

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WHat is the name of the god who reigns over the Kingdom of the Dead/

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His name was Anubis.

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Describe the Sphinxs.

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Has a human head, on a lions body.

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What can you find on the Egyptian paintings?

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You can find all sorts of tiny pictures of little things such as owls, little people, flags, flowers, tents, beetles, and vases, together zig zag lines and spirals, all jumbled up together.

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How would they lay the blocks for the pyramid?

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they would lay it down by hand. (no machines.)

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