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Mummies and Pyramids

Pharoahs and Religion

Mesopotamia Mix it UP!

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Yes. Because they mummifiedtheir dead!

Did the people of Ancient Egypt believe in an afterlife?

If so, how do we know this?

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The Pharoah

Who had all of the power in the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt?

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The Tigris and Euphrates.

What two rivers surrounded Mesopotamia?

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Cuneiform

In Mesopotamia their writing was called what?

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The tombs of important Egyptians, such as pharaohs.

What was put INSIDE pyramids?

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So they could be preserved andrecognized by the gods in the

afterlife.

Why did ancient Egyptians mummify people?

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Lower class housing was furthest,then middle

class housing, and first class housing was

closest to the center of the city.

What was the order of housing in ancient Mesopotamia

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Which civilization took over Ancient Egypt during the Middle Kingdom?

The Hyksos

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All of the organs had to be removed EXCEPT for the heart, which

remained inside

What needed to happen to the organs before a pharaoh could be mummified??

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Menes

Which Phoaroah joined Upper and Lower Egypt for the first time?

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What were the three cities that were created during Mesopotamian times?

Sumer, Akkad, Babylon

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In ancient times Egypt was divided into _______ sections.

What were they called?

Two sections.

Upper and Lower Egypt.

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Pharaoh Kufu.

Who was the Great Pyramid built for?

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It means they believed in more thanone god.

The Ancient Egyptians were polytheistic, what does that mean?

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Hammurabi created the firstever uniform code of laws. This

was extremely important becausefor the first time all city – states

had the same basic rules.

Why was Hammurabi’s code of laws so important?

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Scribes

What citizens of Egypt and Mesopotamia called if they could write?

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The mummy of King Tut. It wasso important because it was found

untouched and preserved with nothing missing!!!

The mummy of which Pharaoh was found in 1922 by Howard Carter?

Why was this so important?

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Ra

What was the name of the Sun God in Ancient Egpyt

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Akkad was the only empire. Therewere no separate city – states.

During the period of Akkad there was something very different than what existed in Sumer and Babylon.

What was it?

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It helped the Mesopotamianskeep track of the trade of their

goods, and allowed them to communicate through written

language for the first time.

Why was cuneiform writing important?

FINAL FINAL JEOPARDYJEOPARDY

Teams make your final wagers!!!!

Question 1

In the story of Isis and Osiris what FOUR main characters were involved?

What was the relationship between these four characters?

Who is considered “the bad guy” because he committed a murder?