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| What is Egypt like Geographically? |
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| isolated, desert, harbor less, marshy coastline |
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| What does materially self sufficient mean? |
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| not dependent on imported goods |
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| the world's longest river, flows north south, and floods every september |
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| About how long is the Nile? |
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| What two bodies of water does the nile connect? |
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| the mediterreanean and lake victoria |
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| 100 miles from the mediterreanean, the nile divides into chanels to form the triangular delta |
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| Where do most people in Egypt live? |
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| What is the center of travel and communitcation in Egypt? |
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| Why is the northern part of egypt called lower egypt? |
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| the nile runs north to south, so northern egypt is lower in elevation |
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| Why is the southern part of Egypt called upper egypt? |
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| because the Nile flows north to south, so southern egypt is upper in elevation |
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| Why is the flooding of the Nile each september so important? |
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| best time for production of grains, as waters receed- leaves behind new layer of mineral rich soil |
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| When and by whom was Egypt united? |
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| 3100 BCE by Menes (who may or may not be fictional) |
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| What did rulers of egypt call themselves? (besides pharaoh) |
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| the ruler of the two lands |
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| About how many dynasties did Egypt have? |
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| How was the pharaoh viewed? |
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| considered a god on earth, incarnation |
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| what was the role of the pharaoh? |
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| to maintain ma`at, to be a link to the gods from the people, and to be the source of all law and justice |
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| the divine order of the universe |
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| When were the first stepped pyramids built? |
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| How were stepped pyramids made? |
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| they were a series of platforms laid on top of one another, with stone tools, simple levers, pulleys, adn rollers, lots of labor |
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| When was the pyramid of Djosser built? |
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| between 2550 and 2490 BCE |
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| What was the function of the pyramids? |
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| to act as the burial chamber of the pharaoh |
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| About how many people did Egypt have? |
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| approximately 1-1.5 million peopele |
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| What were the social classes in Egypt? |
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| king/high ranking officials, lower level officials/local leaders/priests/artisans, peasants(primarily farmers), slaves(relatively few) |
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| What was an Egyptian priest's job? |
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| to attend to the daily need of the deity of a god |
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