History 8 Egypt Questions

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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?

The Egyptian life differed from the Mesopotamian outlook in the way they acted, socialized, and their overall life. The Egyptian lived by the Nile, a fresh farming land that provided necessary food, water, and shelter. Because of their excellent farming conditions, the Egyptians were successful. As we know, the Mesopotamians were very pessimistic people, but the Egyptians were very optimistic. As a result, the Egyptians had more success at communicating with others and thus having a more successful life.

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3. What lay at the heart of Egyptian civilization?

The heart of the egyptian civilization was the Nile river. This amazing stretch of water created a sancuary of green, and prosperity in a barren desert. The Nile river also connected a community of people along the river and allowed for a fast and easy spread of goods, people, and ideas. The many marshes created by the Niles delta, also resulted in the plant papyrus, leading egypt to a whole new range of product and ideas that they could make from this new plant.

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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 legitimation 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. Explain what Ibn Khaldun, the Islamic historian, meant when he called Egypt the best example of the habit of civilization.

13. How did the Egyptians conceive of the universe and the civil state?

14. Define and explain the concept of ma'at.