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egypt and mesopotamian differances/ similarites
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eygpt not open to conquest
similarity-was that both depended on river water but the nile was "nicer" than the tigris and euphrates |
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why is egypt "the gift of the nile"
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predictable and gentle floods, fertile soil(silt) and water for crops plus dependable north-south transportation
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source of egypt's protective isolation
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geographic features: deserts, cataracts, sea
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drawbacks of egypts protective isolation
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it gave them superiority complex leaving them unprepared for later challanges
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why is egypt unique
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it had everthing to live a good life: agricultural skills/natural resources
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egypt vs. mesopotamia
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egypt was quickly unified
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egypt's people were overwhelmingly...
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peasents. (most worked as free tenant farmres of estate of land holder of governmental offical)
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extent and source of slavery
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usually for debt or crime, rare until empire generated prisoners of war
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pharaoh
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the egyptian word fro ruler meaning "Great House'
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Pharaoh's status
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he was a god (reincarnatation of hortus)
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Pharaoh kept is power because
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everyone must obey or gods wouldn't smile on egypt
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old kingdom
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egypts most fertile succesful period also called the pyramid age
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middle kingdom
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religion became more democratic more people could be mummified
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new kingdom
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age of empire including reign of Ramses II
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what allowed construction of big pyramids
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pharaoh's wealth, plus the skill and willingness of the people. they were NOT slaves
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tutankhamen
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the young egyptian ruler whose under plundered gold packed tomb was discovered centureis later by howard carter KING TUT
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hieroglyphics
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ancient egyptian writing system of pictographs
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egyptian religion
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almost infinitely polythesisic with many gods
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egyptian view of afterlife
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if you passed the test in the underworld and had been properly mummified you had a happy afterlife in an area similar to egypt
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ka
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one's life essence or soul which could allow you eternal life if your body was properly mummified
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akhnaton's reform
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he tried to make religion monotheistic (one god, Aton) but priest resisted (after his death they returned to polytheism)
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egypt ppl vs. mesomotamians
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better off
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Egypt and Mesopotamia contrasts
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mesopotamia was a source of later western traditions and beliefs egypt was stable Mesopotamia was more violent, invasion prone crossroads
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