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The Old Kingdom
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Government
• Pharaoh was a king and a god
• Pharaoh had absolute power over all the land and people of Egypt
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Government
• Pharaoh was blamed for disease or poor crops
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Government
• Khufu most famous pharaoh
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Government
• Social classes• Well ordered society
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Religion
• Polytheistic• Everyone expected to
worship same gods• Emphasis on afterlife• Afterlife happy place
with young and happy people
• Ka-a person’s life force
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Religion
• Preserved bodies so the spirit would recognize it
• Preserved bodies as mummies
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Egyptian gods and goddesses
• Anubis• god of the dead
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Egyptian gods and goddesses
• Re (Amon-Re)• The sun god
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Egyptian gods and goddesses
• Osiris• The god of the
underworld
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Egyptian gods and goddesses
• Isis• The goddess of magic
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Egyptian gods and goddesses
• Horus• The sky god; god of the
pharaohs
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Egyptian gods and goddesses
• Thoth• The god of wisdom
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Egyptian gods and goddesses
• Geb• The Earth god
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Pyramids
• Burial sites for pharaohs• Pyramid of Khufu 481
feet high, 2 million blocks
• How did they build them????
• Pyramids pointed to the sky, symbolizing journey to afterlife
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