stage 18 culture Flashcards
describe how craftsmen would make glass objects
sand melted….
wrap coil of glass around mold
- cast into mold
- glass blowing (free & with mold)
advantages of glass compared to other available materials
- strength
- light weight
- resistance to having odor & residue
- transparency
- versatility (could use for windows)
- ease to produce (glassblowing)
river that went through egypt
Nile River
- flooded every year and deposited new, rich soil on the fields
- sail down it (transportation)
for which products was egypt famous for
grain, papyrus, gold, marble, granite
papyrus
plant that grew along the Nile river, writing on (paper)
before the romans came, who ruled egypt
egyptian pharos ➡ persians ➡ greeks ➡ romans
how were the lives of peasants in egypt affected by their rulers
- lives did not change when romans came
- rulers only concerned about using land for their benefit
- not good life for peasants
- give everything to ruler
- pay taxes
- could not choose what to plant
how did egyptians regard cats? why were they useful for egpytians?
useful: ate mice and rats
- sacred animals
- though they were the earthly forms of Isis
- worshipped them
what was glass made of
sand, plant ash or natron, and lime
why was violence so common in alexandria?
- racial tension (race riots, clashing of beliefs)
- corrupt officials (abuse power, bribery, etc)
- social inequity (peasants & rich)
- people like Eutychus (robbers, gangs)