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The land by the Nile Flashcards

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Who was the first king to rule over all Egyptians

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King Menes

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What were kings of Egypt called

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Pharaohs

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How long ago was king menes ruling over Egypt

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About 5100 years ago

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4
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How often would the nile flow through the middle of the country

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Twice a year

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5
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How long ago did they make a hymn for the nile

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Four thousand years ago

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6
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When did King menes rule

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In 3100 bc

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7
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When did King Cheops live

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In 2500 bc

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8
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What was the kings overseer’s whip made of

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Hippopotamus skin

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9
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What was the name of the sun god

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Amon

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10
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What are the tall pointed stones cut from granite called

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Obelisks

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11
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Where can you find an obelisks that people found

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In London by the Thames

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12
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what was the name of the god with a human head and a lions body

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The sphinx

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13
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How long has the sphinx been guarding the tombs of the pharaohs

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For more then five thousand years

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what did the Egyptians do to prevent bodies from decaying

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They rubbed them with ointments and the juices of certain plants then bandaged them with long strips of cloth

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What are the bodies preserved like this called

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Mummies

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Why were tombs made

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They were made to be a dwelling for the soul when it came back t its body

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What was apart of the Egyptians strange religious belief

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They believed that the soul needed the body even after death

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18
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How do we know what life was like in ancient Egypt

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We know from wall paintings

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19
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When did people become interested in hieroglyphs again

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Three hundred years ago

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What did we see in the pictures next to the paintings

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owls,little people, flags, flowers, tents, beetles,and vases

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What are the zigzag lines and spirals called

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They are called hieroglyphs

22
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How are we able to decipher hieroglyphs

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A stone was found with the same words

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What is the stone called

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The rosetta stone

24
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Where can we find the rosetta stone

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In the British museum in London

25
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What were the books made of in Egypt

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They were made from a certain type of reed that grows on the banks of the nile

26
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What is the greek name of these reeds called

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papyrus

27
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What were scrolls made out of?

A

Rolled up papyrus

28
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How long did the Egyptians empire last

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Nearly three thousand years

29
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Who was the pharaoh who tried to change everything

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Akhenton

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When did Akhenton try to change everything

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Around 1370 bc

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Who did Akhenton believe was a god

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The sun

32
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How long did people continue to put mummies into tombs

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For nearly three and a half more centuries

33
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Who did the Egyptians worship as sacred animals

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Cats

34
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How long were people building the great pyramid of Cheops

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For thirty years

35
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Why did King Cheops want to build such a gigantic tomb

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It was apart of his religion

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Why did they fear the pahroahs

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They believed each pharoah was a son of the sun god

37
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What did they do in honor of their gods

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They chiseled majestic stones as tall as five story houses

38
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How do we know which person the Egyptians thought were gods

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They drew a flag next to their name

39
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Where did the king live

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In a great stone palace with massive pillars and many court yards

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What did they put into the tombs

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They put food and furniture and clothes,and there are lots of paintings on the wall

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Why were there paintings in the tombs

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To show scenes from the life of the departed

42
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How would they say Osiris in hieroglyphs

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They would draw a throne

43
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What do Christians do to the name of a dead person

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They draw a cross next to it

44
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What did King Akhenaton do

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He shut down the ancient temples

45
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What did King Akhenaton do to his palace

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He had the walls painted in an entirely new style

46
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Why did this not please the people

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They wanted everything to look the same

47
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What happened as soon as King Akhenaton died

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They brought back the old customs and old style of things

48
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What was a natural thing for Egyptians to do

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It was natural for them to make tombs for dead bodies

49
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What did they do to make tombs

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They chiseled them out of rocks

50
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What can we see in noblemens tombs

A

We can see embassies arriving from aboard

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