WORLD HISTORY 2 ANCIENT EGYPT QUESTIONS

Funerals? How did men mourn the dead? Women?

How did living Egyptians “stay in touch” w. the dead?

Weighing of the heart ceremony? “I am pure” denials?

Matching section on the deities -- Hathor, Isis, Seth, Anubis, Horus, Amon-Re, Ma’at, Thoth, Osiris

Soul -- Two parts (Ba and Ka): What did each part do?

Why did the Es worship animals?

Purpose of the Egyptian Book of the Dead?

Devourer of Souls (Ammat) -- What did this creature look like?

Health issues of the Es?

Mummification -- Why? Process (natron, lenin, resin)?
-The organs were removed except the heart … Why did they leave the heart?

Why did they worship cats in ancient Egypt (purpose)?

E marriages and divorce? Arranged marriages? Marriage of relatives?

How/why could a husband divorce his wife? What would a woman receive in a divorce?

Infanticide/child mortality (fraction of kids who died before age 5)? How did they choose the names of their children?

What did E boys study in school?

What did sons inherit from their parents? Daughters?

Design of Egypt’s first pyramid?

Stone -- limestone and granite: tools the Es used -- copper, rod and string

Why did they choose the pyramid form (theory)?

Great Pyramid -- Purpose? Location? Height? How long were pyramids supposed to last?
Number of builders and time it took to build?
Why do we think pyramids were not built by slaves or foreigners? Problems in construction? Mark Lehner’s ramp theories?


Why are Egypt’s ancient monuments decaying/deteriorating?

Sphinx:
Purpose?
Body/head?


How many women ruled as pharaoh?
Queen Hatshepsut -- How did she become pharaoh? Obelisks? How did she look/dress the part? Why was she largely forgotten in the history of ancient Egypt?

Cleopatra -- Where do we get info about her -- who told her story (after her death)? Appearance?
How did she first meet Caesar? Love affairs … why did she seduce such powerful men?
Why did the Romans hate Cleopatra?
Other than glamorous looks, what attributes did C possess?
How did she depict/present herself to powerful allies?
Death (two theories)?
Fate of Caesarion?
Education/learning?
Last of the pharaohs?

Contributions to math -- Number system? Pi? Fractions?

Papyrus -- Purpose? Of what was it made?

Amulets -- Ankh? Lotus flowers? Heart Scarab?

King Tut -- theories surrounding his death? Tomb -- Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon? Valley of the Kings? Why was it such an important discovery? Objects/gold? Curse?

Why did the Es bury their dead on the west bank of the Nile?

Rights of Egyptian women? “Mistress of the house”?

The diet of the Es (meat, fruit, vegetables, beer)?

Egyptian Warfare:
How did pharaoh’s demonstrate greatness?
Why did the Es invade their neighbors?
How was war viewed in the ancient world?
How was the occupation of soldier viewed by the Es?
Weapons/chariots?
Enemies who conquered Egypt over the centuries?