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30 Cards in this Set
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What was the first written code of law in the west.
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Code of Hammurabi
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How many laws does the code of hammurabi have?
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282
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what river is Egypt dependant on?
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Nile River
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What makes the Nile River unique?
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flows from south to north, and every year and leaves behind vegetation and soft soil.
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Southern egypt is known as
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upper egypt
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northern egypt is known as
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lower egypt
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What percentage of Egypt lives close to the Nile River
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90%
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Egypt has what type of landscape
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uniform symmetrical landscape
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What protects Egypt from invasion
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the desert
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Re-Re Atum is what
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supreme god sun god
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Who does the Pharaoh interven with?
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Osiris
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Stages of the Pharaoh
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political leader, then semi divine, then purely divine, Pharaoh seen as son of Re later
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Dualism
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Human and divine. also seen in egyptian government.
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Pharaoh was known as what?
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Smasher of foreheads.
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Epic of Gilgamesh was what?
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First epic poem
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Osiris is what god?
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god of immortality
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Maat is
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not a god but maintains harmony and stability in universe.
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Menes/Narmer
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unifies egypt
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The division of egypt is known as what?
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nomes
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How many dynasties does the old kingdom have?
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6
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Where is old kingdoms capital
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memphis
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Old kingdom is the age of what?
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pyramids
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What was the reason for collapse during the old kingdom
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money, people want money to build pyramids.
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First intermediate period had a break down in what?
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Central government
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What increased during intermediate period
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local government
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What ends the First intermediate period
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ends when pharaohs ally with middle class
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What increases during the middle kingdom
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social justice
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Democratization of religion
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Books of the dead, Dead people have to convince the gods that they are worthy to have eternal life.
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what kind of values during middle kingdom
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conservative communal values
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Second intermediate period began with what
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invasion of Hyksos
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