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Egypt Ch. 5 Lesson 2
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| government in which the same person is both the political leader and the religious leader | theocracy |
| Egyptian rulers that held total power; believed to be a god on earth | pharaohs |
| government officials that carried out the pharaoh’s orders | bureaucrat |
| the sun god | Re |
| the river god | Hapi |
| ruled over the world of the dead with his wife, Isis | Osiris |
| the god of learning | Thoth |
| book of prayers and magic spells to prepare for the afterlife | Book of the Dead |
| the process of treating a body to prevent it from decaying | embalming |
| a tightly wrapped body with long strips of linen | mummy |
| enormous structures were made of stone that protected the bodies of dead pharaohs | pyramids |
| the biggest and grandest of the pyramids; built for King Khufu in Giza | The Great Pyramid |
| social class system shaped like a pyramid with the pharaoh at the top, followed by the upper class, middle class, and lower class | social pyramid |
| top of the pyramid | pharaohs and their families |
| upper class | army commanders, nobles, and priests |
| middle class | traders, artisans, scribes, and merchants |
| lower class | farmers, unskilled workers, and enslaved people |
| rights of Egyptian women | own property, buy and sell goods, and obtain a divorce |
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