Difference between revisions of "History 8 Egypt Questions"

[[1. Detail the importance of the Nile River to Egypt.]]

[[2. How and why did the Egyptian view of life differ from the Mesopotamian outlook?]]

[[3. What lay at the heart of Egyptian civilization?]]

[[4. What was significance of the temple in this civilization?]]

[[5. Name and explain the mainstays of Egyptian civilization]]

[[6. Describe the key themes of Egyptian history.]]

[[7. Explain the role of the pyramid and the legitmation of authority in Egypt.]]

[[8. Give as many reasons for the collapse of the Old Kingdom as possible]]

[[9 What  kind of state or society existed in the Middle Kingdom?. Give  Examples]]

[[10. What changes occurred in the New Kingdom?]]

[[11. Detail the greatest change in thinking in the first millennium B.C.]]

[[12. Define and explain the concept of ma'at.]]

[[13. How did the Egyptians concieve of the universe and the civil state(role of pharoah, etc)?]]

[[14. Explain what Ibn Khaldun, the Islamic historian, meant when he called Egypt the best example of  the "habit of civilization."]]