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Jew Class mid term
Jew Class mid term egypt
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Undergraduate 1
11/01/2009

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HISTORY
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Pre-Dynastic period
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Egypt was divided into upper egypt and lower egypt. Menes was the first king and united upper and lower egypt. Archaic period was 1st and 2nd dynasty and built mastabas which our funeral structures.
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Old Kingdom
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3rd-6th dynasties. large pyramids were constructed for buiral mounds for the pharoh. Djoser, Snefru, and Khufu (giza plateua) Pharohs were worshipped as gods. Ended with famine and lack of flooding from nile to grow crops.
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First intermediate period
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7-11 Dynasties. land was ruled by local governors. Theban forces defeated the Heracleopolitan Pharaohs reuniting egypt into middle kingdom
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Middle Kingdom
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12th-14th dynasty. Ruled from thebes. Stabibility throughout the land.
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Second intermiediate period-Hyskos
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13-22nd dynasties. Hyskos were shepperd kings who migrated from canaan and ruled middle egypt.
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New Kingdom
Definition
18th and 19th dynasty. Many great pharohs. Great wealth for egypt. Amanhotep III built luxor temple at karnak. 19th century was Ramsses II. Ruled for 67 years at age 18. Built many temples. Millitary conquests against Hittite kings.
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Sea Peoples
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Sea raiders who tried to take control of most of Egypt. Sacked a lot of Egypt under Ramsses III.
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Merneptah Stele
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Was a stone inscribed by the pharoah Merneptah. Tells of how he defeated sea peoples but also it is the first mention of a state of Israel.
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RELIGION
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animals had the potential for divine manifestation. Ex: Gods had dog head or a bird head. Believed in cosmic order, judgement of the dead, and king was was a son of god
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Amun Re
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Was the creator god and the head guide. Very popular in New Kingdom. Egypt almost turned to monotheism with Amun-Re as the main god and the other gods being a symbol of his power.
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Osiris
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God of the underworld.
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