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pharoahs were gods the people believed
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egyptians believed that the body had to be prepared for the afterlife before it could be placed in a tomb. the ka leaves the body after death and becomes the spirit.
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pyramids are huge stone tombs with four triangle shaped sides that met in a point on top.they used them for burrying their rulers. they payed them with grain.
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building and maintaining pyramids cost a lot of money. Pharaohs could not collect enough taxes to keep up with the expenses.
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ambitious nobles used their government positions to take power from pharaohs.
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elite is people of wealth and power. mummies are speacially treated bodies wrapped in cloth, a method is how people do something or something done.
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they cared about the faroh after death. pyramid texts, they were spell.
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rulers and dynasties changed and egypt changed with them
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The old kingdom had fallen.
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The middle kingdom began after a period of no pharaoh.
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trader routes developed. An impressive monument and magnificent temples.
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empire took over hyksos, syria, and kush. empire from euphrates river to Kush.
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begins new kingdom
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began the new kingdom and had a period of power and glory.
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Queen Hatsheput sent traders north and south
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Nobles are below the P in society. Nobles are rich powerful families. Farmers, pesents, and slaves made up 80% of the population