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Administration and Communication
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History
7th Grade
05/02/2012

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What type of records did complex buereaucracy in Egypt keep track of?
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land, labor, products, people, taxes
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what were the taxes used for in Egypt?
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Palace, bureaucracy, army, building and maintaining temples, monuments to pharaohs
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How high could Egyptian taxes be?
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up to 50%
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Hieroglyphics
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picture symbols standing for words, syllables and individual sounds
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When did Egypt start using "cursive" hieroglyphics?
Definition
2300 BCE
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Where were tombs of officials constructed during the old kingdom?
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next to the monumental tombs of the pharaohs
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Was there any controversy between centralization and bueracracy?
Definition
yes, recurring tensions
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How were administrative jobs given out in Egypt during the old kingdom?
Definition
hereditarily
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Where did most of Egypt's wealth come from?
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agriculture
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