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Ancient Egypt

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Who made paper and what was it made out of?   The farmers made paper and it was made with papyrus reeds.  
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Who was on the top of the social pyramid?   The Pharaoh  
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What were the Pharaoh's powers?   They had religious and political powers.  
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Who was responsible for keeping the gods happy?   The Priests  
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What were the priests responsible for?   Keeping the gods happy.  
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What would happen if the gods were not happy?   There would be nateral disasters (i.e.- earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc.)or even just bad things in general  
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Who served the Pharaoh?   The priests.  
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True or False: The physicians documented detailed treatments for wounds and diseases.   True  
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Who were the only people that ever got to learn hieroglyphics?   The Scribes  
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What is the worlds largest river?   The Nile River  
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What is the river in Egypt?   The Nile River  
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What fertilizes the deserts of Egypt?   The Nile's annual floods.  
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What was the title of the holiest book?   The Book of the Dead  
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What was in the "Book of the Dead"?   Prayers and Incantations. It also helped priests preach.  
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What was the writing form called in Egypt?   Hieyroglyphics  
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True or False: There are both consonants and vowels in the Hieroglyphic alphabet.   False, there were only consonants.  
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Which god gave the gift of writing?   Thoth, god of wisdom.  
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How many Hieroglyphic characters are there?   around 700  
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How long does it take to learn ALL of the characters of hieroglyphics?   around 12 years  
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True or False: Hieroglyphics represented sounds and basic words.   True  
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How many languages were on the Rosetta Stone? What were they?   Demotic, Greek, and Hieroglyphics  
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True or False: Hieroglyphics can be written left to right and right to left.   True  
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How long was it that people couldn't read Hieroglyphics?   around 1400 years  
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When did people discover Hieroglyphics?   In the 1800s.  
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Who unified Egypt and when?   Menes (or Narmer)/3100 BCE  
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What were the years of the Old Kingdom?   2600 BCE to 2100 BCE  
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What were the years of the Middle Kingdom?   2100 BCE to 1700 BCE  
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How old was King Tut when he started ruling Egypt?   He was 9 years old.  
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Did King Tut die old or young?   He died young.  
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Was King Narmer the King that declared that he was the ruler of both Upper an Lower Egypt?   Yes  
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Did the Nile River flow upstream or downstream?   Upstream  
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When did Narmer unify Upper and Lower Egypt?   in 3100 BCE  
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Where were the capitals based?   Memphis and Thebes, Egypt  
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