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− | -Power centralized in the hands of a god-king, and Egypt became the first organized society.
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− | -pre-dynastic period: After a strong, centralized government under a god-kind--> country's economic and political institutions became subject to royal authority
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− | == Royal Rituals/ Cult of the Dead ==
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− | -burials: dark tomb, underground structure, dug out in desert sand or rock, offerings accompanying the dead
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− | -Kings of First Dynasty buried at Abydos: cult place of Osiris
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− | -tombs: simple mounds of sand held in place by a mud brick revetment, recalls the primeval mound which emerged from the waters at the time of creation
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− | [[http://maat.sofiatopia.org/wenis.htm]]
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