why can we call egypt a civilization?

Why can we call Egypt a civilization?

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Government_____________ ruler of ancient Egypt. Viewed

as a god on earth by the Egyptian people.

The pharaoh shared control with priests, nobles, and governors.

Pharaoh

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GovernmentTheocracy - Type of government where the law is based on religious authority.

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Religion•Ancient Egyptians were polytheistic.

• They believed strongly in an afterlife.

•As a result, they mummified their dead and buried their pharaohs with their “necessities.”

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Mummification•Mummification - A body preservation

process.

•Usually only royal or wealthy Egyptians were mummified.

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Written Language

•Papyrus - Earliest form of “paper” created by the Ancient Egyptians... more practical than chiseling into stone and clay!

•Hieroglyphics - means “Sacred Carving.” A writing system based on pictures and sounds.

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Rosetta Stone• Inscribed stone found

in Egypt.

•written in three different languages.

• helped scholars decipher ( understand hieroglyphics)

Hieroglyphics

Demotic

Ancient Greek

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PyramidsWhat was a pyramid used for?

Pyramids were constructed for dead pharaohs during the Old Kingdom.

Fun Fact: Each block weighs 5,000 lbs., some weighing 15,000 lbs., each pyramid is at least 431 feet tall.

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