Why can we call Egypt a civilization?
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Why can we call Egypt a civilization? Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Why can we call Egypt a civilization?
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Government_____________ ruler of ancient Egypt. Viewed
as a god on earth by the Egyptian people.
The pharaoh shared control with priests, nobles, and governors.
Pharaoh
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GovernmentTheocracy - Type of government where the law is based on religious authority.
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Religion•Ancient Egyptians were polytheistic.
• They believed strongly in an afterlife.
•As a result, they mummified their dead and buried their pharaohs with their “necessities.”
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Mummification•Mummification - A body preservation
process.
•Usually only royal or wealthy Egyptians were mummified.
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Written Language
•Papyrus - Earliest form of “paper” created by the Ancient Egyptians... more practical than chiseling into stone and clay!
•Hieroglyphics - means “Sacred Carving.” A writing system based on pictures and sounds.
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Rosetta Stone• Inscribed stone found
in Egypt.
•written in three different languages.
• helped scholars decipher ( understand hieroglyphics)
Hieroglyphics
Demotic
Ancient Greek
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PyramidsWhat was a pyramid used for?
Pyramids were constructed for dead pharaohs during the Old Kingdom.
Fun Fact: Each block weighs 5,000 lbs., some weighing 15,000 lbs., each pyramid is at least 431 feet tall.
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