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Today, much of what we know about Egyptian ______ comes from the ___ on monuments and wall ___ in ____- describe Egyptians appealing to the ____ forces that they believed ___ the world and the _____.

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religion, inscriptions, paintings, tombs, divine, ruled, afterlife

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In Egypt, the chief god was the ___ ___. Old Kingdom- sun god named ____ ___ Kingdom- associated Re with ____; and called this great lord of the gods ____ __.

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sun god, re, middle, amon, amon re

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Most Egyptians related more to the god _____ and the goddess ____ (touched human ____ of love and jealousy)

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osiris, isis, emotions

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The ____; egyptians viewed as ___ as well as ____- were believed to receive their right to rule from Amon Re.

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pharaohs, gods, kings

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___ ruled ___ until is jealous brother, __, ___ him. Set cut Osiris into pieces and tossed all over ____. Osiris' wife, ___, ___ him. Osiris could not longer rule over the ___, he became god of the __ and judge of ___ seeking admission to the _____.

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osiris, egypt, set, killed, egypt, iris, saved, living, dead, souls, underworld

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To Egyptians, Osiris was important because he was god of the ____. He controlled ___ ___ that made the land ____. Isis had special appeal for ___ (believed she had first taught women things)- like osiris, isis promised the faithful that they would have ___ after ____.

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nile, annual floods, fertile, women, life, death

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About ____ BC, pharaoh _____ IV devoted his life to the worship of ____- changed name to _____. Ordered ____ to worship only ___. Akhenaton's ideas- little ____. ____ deserted the pharaoh because he ____ his duty of defending the ____. After his ___, ____ of the old gods reasserted their power.

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1380, amenhotep, aton, akhenaton, priests, aton, success, nobles, neglected, empire, death, priests

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Egyptians believed that each soul had to pass a ___ to win ___ life. 1) dead soul would be ferried across a lake of ___ to the hall of _____. 2) dead person's ___ weighed against the feather of ____. 3) sinners would be ___ to the ___-shaped eater of the dead. 4) worthy souls would enter the ___ ____ of food, where they would live ____. *dangerous journey through underworld- relied on the ___ of the ___.

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test, eternal, fire, osiris, soul, truth, fed, crocodile, happy field, forever, book, dead

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Egyptians believed that the afterlife would be much like ___ on ____.

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life, earth

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to give a soul use of it's _____ in the ____, Egyptians perfected skills in ______.

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body, afterlife, mummification

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the preservation of dead bodies by embalming them and wrapping them in cloth - at first was a privilege for ___ and nobles, but eventually ____ egyptians also won the right to ____ their dead, including ____.

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mummification, rulers, ordinary, mummify, pets

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During the ___ kingdom, many pharaohs were buried in the ___ of ____- fantastic riches in ___ were a temptation to _____. In ___, british archaeologist ___ ___ unearthed the tomb of _______, the son in law of ______. - untouched for -___ years - ___ year old ___ tut - array of objects found (chariots, weapons, furniture, jewelry, toys, games)

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new, valley, kings, tombs, robbers, 1922, howard carter, tutankhamen, akhenaton, 3000, 18, king

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class system: 1) ___ (god and leader) & royal ____ 2) government _____ and __ ___ and priestesses 3) ___ class of merchants, scribes, artisans 4) largest: ____

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pharaoh, family, officials, high priests, small, peasants

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Most egyptians were peasant ____ or ____. - repairing dikes and _____ - working the ____ - offseason: expected to ___ the pharaoh, ____ to ____ palaces, temples, and tombs. Women worked in the ___, raised ___, collected ___, and prepared ____.

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farmers, slaves, irrigation, soil, serve, laboring, build, fields, children, water, food

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During the __ kingdom, social classes became more fluid as ___ and ___ increased. Trade offered a growing ___ class. Foreign conquests brought ____ to Egypt, which meant more business for ____.

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new, trade, warfare, merchant, riches, artisans

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Egyptian ___ enjoyed a ___ status and greater _____ than women elsewhere. Could inherit ____, enter business ___, buy and sell ____, go to ____, and obtain a _____. Women's work was not ___ to the home.

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women, higher, independence, property, deals, goods, court, divorce, confined

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Women manufactured ____ and textiles, managed ___ estates, and served as ____. Women could also enter into _____, few women learned to ___ and ____. Couldn't become ___ or hold ___ jobs.

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perfume, farming, doctors, priesthood, read, write, scribes, governmental

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_____- central role in ____ society; kept ___ of ceremonies, taxes, and gifts. Others served _____ officials or the pharaoh. Scribes- skills in _____, medicine, and _____.

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scribes, egyptian, records, government, mathematics, engineering

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Ancient egyptians developed _______ (writing system)

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hieroglyphics

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system in which symbols or pictures called hieroglyphs represent objects, concepts, or sounds.

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hieroglyphics

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Egyptians used hieroglyphs to record important economic, administrative, and royal information. Priests and scribes ____ in _____.

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carved, stone

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Scribes also developed _____ writing, a ____ script for everyday use. It was a ___ form of writing created by simplifying the shapes of the ______. It was ____ by _____ and make paperlike material from _____.

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hieratic, cursive, simpler, hieroglyphs, replaced, demotic, papyrus

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a plant that grows along the banks of the nile; paperlike writing material (easier than chiseling words on stone bu tscribes continued to carve hieroglyphs)

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papyrus

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early ____s a ___ scholar, ____ ______, _______ passages on the ___ _____. (many ancient egypt hieroglyphs were lost)

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1800, french, jean champollion, deciphered, rosetta stone

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figuring out the meaning of

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deciphering

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the ___ ___: flat, black stone that presents the ____ passage carved in hieroglyphics, ____ script, and ____; used to decipher the meanings of ______ by champollion.

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rosetta stone, same, demotic, greek, hieroglyphs

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The ancient ____; knowledge in fields of ____, _____, and _____. - believed in ___ but learned about the ____ through _____; skilled at observing ____, diagnosing ___, and finding ____.

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egyptians, medicine, astronomy, mathematics magic, body, mummification, symptoms, illnesses, cures

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____ performed complex ___ operations, described on ____ scrolls. - ___ parts that egyptian doctors prescribed as ___ (anise, castor beans, saffron) still used ____.

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doctors, surgical, papyrus, plant, medicine, today

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Egyptian _____-_____ studied the ____, mapping constellations and charting the movements of _____. They developed a ____ that included ___ months and __ days as well __ days added at the end of each year.

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priest, astronomers, heavens, planets, calendar, 12, 30, 5

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Egyptians developed _____ in response to ____ problems like ____ ___ waters that forced Egyptians to ____ the boundaries of their ____ each year. They developed ___ in order to survey the land. Egyptian ___ used geometry to calculate the exact ___ and ___ of each block of ___ to be used in the _____ of a ___ or temple.

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mathematics, practical, flooding nile, draw, fields, geometry, engineers, size, location, stone, construction, pyramid

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Egyptians left behind a legacy of ___ and ____. (statues, ___, ____, and tales- information about ancient egyptian viewpoints and ____).

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art, literature, paintings, poems, values

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Arts of ancient Egypt: - ____, wall ___ in ___, ____ on temples. (____ scenes or victories in ___)

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statues, paintings, tombs, carvings, everyday, battle

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Painting and sculpture ___ remained ___ for ____ of years; artists always presented ___ and ____ as much _____. ___ indicated the subject's ____ not real size. - depicted people with their ___ and limbs in -___ but eyes and shoulders facing the viewer.

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styles, unchanged, thousands, gods, pharaohs, larger, size, importance, heads, profile

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____- people in stiff, ______ ___. Some human figures have ____ heads that ___ special qualities. The _____ near the pyramids at ____portrays an early ___ as a powerful ___ man. Egyptians also ____ many stone buildings and monuments, mostly ___ and ____.

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statues, standard poses, animal, represent, sphinx, giza, pharaoh, lion, erected, tombs, temples

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Oldest Egyptian literature includes ___ and ___ to ___, ____, and ___ poems. Other writings- royal ___ in ____, or like ____-____ book; give practical advice.

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prayers, hymns, gods, proverbs, love, victories, battle, ptah hoteps

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___ tales were popular: the ___ of ____. - it relates the wanderings of sinuhe, an egyptian _____ forced to ____ into what is now ____. he fights his way to ____ among the desert people, whom the _____ consider _____. He longs to return ____. Pharaoh ____ him back to court. (how Egyptians viewed both themselves & people of surrounding desert).

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folk, tale, sinuhe, official, flee, syria, fame, egyptians, uncivilized, home, welcomes

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