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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt started around 3150 BC. It is a time known marked by pharaohs, pyramids, gods and goddesses, science, math,and art. This era ended when Egypt was conquered by the Roman empire in 31 BC.

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Who was the most powerful pharaoh of all time?

Most likely Menes. The first Lord of the Two Lands. He unified North and South Egypt into one Kingdom with himself as the King(Pharaoh).

What do kings carry in their hands?

In the United Kingdom monarchs (whether male or female) hold the orb and the sceptre.

What did Ramses 2 do for his people?

Improve

Ramses II was a great Pharaoh who live between 1229 - 1213BC.

Ramses II built many temples like Abu temple which stood on the upper Nile. It was built in honour of the God amun, Re-harakhty and Ptah. Ramses also led Egypt into a period of peace and prosperity. It is said that Ramses II had several wives and it is rumoured to have fathered up to 120 children.

Who were members of the upper middle and lower classes?

In the middle ages the king was obviously at the top and the peasants at the bottom so the "Upper Middle Class" would have been comprised of nobles because the nobles were ranked amongst themselves and the lower would have been the less powerful nobles.

What was the period from about 1550 to 1050 BC in Egyptian history when Egypt reached the height of its power?

In 2050 BC in Egypt. the earliest known written legal code, Sumerian, Ur-Nammu's Code was recorded. The code allows for the dismissal of corrupt men, protection of the poor, giving testimony under oath, and the ability of judges to order damages be paid to a victim by the guilty party.

Did ancient Egyptians have music?

Ok maybe People in Egypt today listen to Justin Bieber, but Music in Ancient Egypt was a lot more different in its' purpose than music in most other cultures. Originally it was solely used for religious practices and for religious rituals

Why did the golden age of ancient Egypt end?

The last Pharonic dynasty, the Ptolemeys, were extinguished when Antony and Cleopatra lost the battle of Actium to Ocatavian (later called Augustus). Egypt became a Roman province, and it's distinctive culture was slowly eroded. Changes in religion also put an end to many distinctive features of Egyptian civilization. The decision by Constantine and later emperors to make Christianity first favored, and then mandatory, destroyed the traditional Egyptian religion, ending a cultural tradition over 3,000 years old. Later, when Egypt was conquered by Arab Muslims, even more of the distinctive features of Egyptian civilization disappeared, including the Egyptian language. So the end of Egyptian civilization occurred in various steps, in a process lasting several centuries.

Why were the pyramids so strong and durable?

Pyramids have an extraordinarily wide base and an extraordinarily narrow top - this designis very stable.

Did mummified Egyptian queens get put in tombs?

all people who were important enough to be mummified were most likely going to be put in a tomb so their afterlife goes well, and their ka and ba find the body again so i would say yes.

How long was an hour in ancient egypt?

they worked sometimes all night but that was if you were really poor

Did the egyptians developed the alphabet?

They used numbers, and they had a system for representing consonants, but that can only loosely be described as an alphabet.

What types of artwork were contained in Egyptian?

Sculptures of the gods and goddesses that where usually mad out of granite, quartzite, basalt, diorite, schist or limestone.

Where were funerals held in Ancient Egypt?

Funerals were held in ancient Egypt, the deceased body would first be embalmed by an embalmer who wears a mask of Anubis, the god of the dead and embalment. Hymns were spoken and incense was burned, after the body was mummified, it was placed in the coffin with the 'Book of the Dead', which would ensure the spirit would reach the next life. The more important people had larger funerals, such as Pharaohs, et cetera.

What advantages did pharoahs have in Egyptian society?

Pharaohs received the advantage of political rule over all of Egypt.

Who is King Tutankhamuns brother?

there is evidence his uncle might have killed him because he helped tut for about 10 years and tut asked him to stop helping him at that time he was dead , or he died from a disease caused by his broken leg

Why did the ancient Sumerians look for new ways to produce their food?

They wanted a more permanent food source, animals that they hunted weren't infinite ya know, so they decided on something permanent, like veggies

How did ancient Egypt meet their basic needs in their harsh environment?

Ancient Egyptians would not have survived withoue the Nile. They used the Nile River for food, water, and transportation.

How did scribes learn to read and write?

I think that the Romans learned to read and write by using a system called the Roman numerals.

Roman numerals were and are a method of representing numbers only. The lack of a zero made it clumsy in anything other than basic calculations.