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History
47.
In your notebook, make a conceptual map of the
historical periods in Mesopotamia and Egypt.
Include the following information for each period:
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Name of the period
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Dates of the period
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Important events
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Important people
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Important buildings
48.
Look at the image depicting the pharaoh Menkaure
flanked by two goddesses.
a) Is this an example of architecture, sculpture or painting?
b) What is this pharaoh famous for? Which period of
Egyptian history is he from?
c) Name at least one of the goddesses.
d) Which characteristics of Egyptian sculpture can you
identify in this work?
49.
Draw in your notebook or print out a map of
Ancient Egypt and mark these monuments:
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The Pyramid of Zoser (Saqqara)
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The Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure (Giza)
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Tutankhamun’s Hipogeum (Luxor)
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The Temple of Ramesses II (Abu Simbel)
44.
Define the following terms in your notebook.
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civilisation
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hypogeum
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silt
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public official
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ideogram
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social hierarchy
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city state
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polytheism
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ensi
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Egyptologist
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ziggurat
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palace
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semicircular arch
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vault
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pharaoh
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scribe
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mummification
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pyramid
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relief
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slave
45.
Match each god with its corresponding element in
your notebook.
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Hathor
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Amun
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Ra
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Ishtar
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Horus
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Osiris
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Isis
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Set
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Anubis
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resurrection
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sky
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mummification
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wind
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desert
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sun
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happiness
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love
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war
46.
Copy these sentences in your notebook. Write true
(T) or false (F) and correct the false sentences.
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In the first civilisations, fluvial agriculture was the
main activity. As it was not a very productive system,
the population grew very little.
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Writing emerged because people wanted to pass
their history on to future generations.
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Egypt means ‘land between rivers’.
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The civilisations that developed in Mesopotamia
followedthisorder: Sumerians,Akkadians, Babylonians,
Neo-Babylonians, Assyrians, Romans, Persians.
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Ramesses II fought the Sea Peoples at the Battle of
Kadesh.
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The Egyptians traded to obtain cereals, wine and
craftwork.
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The Egyptian gods had a human body and the head
of an animal.
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Egyptian painting and sculpture is characterised
by depicting solemnity, so the figures are not very
natural.
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A hypogeum is a tomb which was cut out of the rock
to prevent tomb robberies.
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