Vocabulary Old Kingdom-The first of 3 "Kingdom-Periods" in Egypt; followed by "Middle" and "New" pharoah-Egyptian god king; means "great house" Re- egyptian god son The great sphinx- a huge staue with the head of a man and the body of a lion in Egypt polytheistic-belief in many deities or gods Hapi- god of the Nile river Isis- the most important goddess; represented the loyal wife and mother Osiris-god of the dead and undserworld; husband of Isis book of the dead- collection of spells and prayers that egyptian studied to optain life after death mummification-the process for preparing the body for the afterlife pyramids- tombs or graves for the pharoahs; contanied anything for the after life great pyramid- largest pyramind in Egypt: built for king khufu 2,600 BCE-old kingdom period begins 2,300 BCE-old kingdom period declines Diety- another word for god or goddess
EQ: How did Egypt's old kingdom develop? the old kingdom in egypt began Around 2,600 bce. Egypt built cities and expanded trade. Egypt pharohs or kings built a strong government and they depended on the pharoh to be a strong leader. The pharohs lived in palaces and the pharoh was a powerful ruler .The kingdom depended on the pharoh because they though he was the son of RE and and RE is the son god. Pharohs control trade and tax payments of grain from farmers. Egyptians believe in many gods or goddesses. They believed the gods control nature and human activities. Egytians beleived after you die you have another life, what they called it was lifeafter death.In a book called "Book of the Dead" it explains how you could be granted that life and it explains the spells and prayers. Egyptians develped a process called embalming and its steps are: fist take all the organs out, then appley a special kind of salt that keepd the body dry for days, fill the body with spices & purfumes, then stiched closed, and finnaly wrap it in linen and put it inside a coffin. What i just descirbed was a mummy. Egyptians built the Great Pyramid for King Khufu, and it was the tallest and biggest pyramid ever built.
Problem: Egypt population grew bigger and they needed a large amount of food supplies solution: The Nile flood depositie new fertilizer so then the Egyptians planted seeds to provide food in the spring.
GODS:
RE- the sun god
Hapi- ruler of the Nile river
Isis- was the loyal wife/ mother, ruled the dead
Osiris- ruler of the dead
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The Great Pyramid⬇️
WARNING!! MATURE ADIANCES ONLY! Here are pictures of mummies