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  • who owned all the land in ancient egypt?
    the Pharaoh, who loaned it to the priests and nobility.
  • What is papyrus?
    a material similar to paper that ancient egyptians wrote on
  • What is the book of the dead?
    a guide for souls in order to pass the judgement of orisis
  • What are hypogeum?
    an underground tomb that pharoes were buried in during the new period.
  • How did the peasants pay taxes?
    with goods and services (building pyramids, digging canals, maintaining walls)
  • What are the two natrual reigons of egypt?
    upper and lower egypt
  • what kind of people were in the middle class?
    wealthy merchants, scribes, skilled craftsmen
  • why was the nile so important?
    all the most fertile farmland was on the banks of the nile, and it needed to flood to ensure a good harvest.
  • What drink did the egyptians make out of barley?
    Beer, which was a very common beverage.
  • was slavery common in ancient egypt?
    not especially. Most slaves were captured foreigners
  • when did Menes unite upper and lower Egypt?
    3100 bce
  • Why did ancient egyptians worship the pharoh?
    they thought he was the earthly incarnation of Horus, the god of the sky
  • What is the rosetta stone?
    a stone where the same text is written in hieroglyphic, demotic, and ancient greek, allowing researchers to understand hieroglyphic.
  • what are the four historical periods of ancient egypt?
    old kingdom, middle kingdom, new kingdom, ptolemaic kingdom
  • What crops did ancient egyptians plant?
    Wheat, barley, olives, fruit
  • what is ammit?
    a deity that the ancient egyptians believed ate the souls of the wicked
  • what hairstyles were popular in ancient egypt?
    ancient egyptians usually shaved their hair and wore wigs
  • What animals did the ancient egyptians raise?
    cows, donkey, sheep, chickens
  • What are the names of some egyptian gods?
    Horus, Anubis, Hathor, Isis, Orisis
  • who was in the upper class?
    the pharoh, nobles, priests
  • When were crops planted and harvested?
    crops were planted in winter, and harvested in spring.
  • what is a theocracy?
    a government that gets its authority from religion
  • who was in the lower class?
    farmers, soldiers, servants, poor crafstmen and merchants
  • what is a shendyt?
    A skirt that men wore in ancient egypt
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