Test one western civ
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- What was the first written code of law in the west.
- Code of Hammurabi
- How many laws does the code of hammurabi have?
- 282
- what river is Egypt dependant on?
- Nile River
- What makes the Nile River unique?
- flows from south to north, and every year and leaves behind vegetation and soft soil.
- Southern egypt is known as
- upper egypt
- northern egypt is known as
- lower egypt
- What percentage of Egypt lives close to the Nile River
- 90%
- Egypt has what type of landscape
- uniform symmetrical landscape
- What protects Egypt from invasion
- the desert
- Re-Re Atum is what
- supreme god sun god
- Who does the Pharaoh interven with?
- Osiris
- Stages of the Pharaoh
- political leader, then semi divine, then purely divine, Pharaoh seen as son of Re later
- Dualism
- Human and divine. also seen in egyptian government.
- Pharaoh was known as what?
- Smasher of foreheads.
- Epic of Gilgamesh was what?
- First epic poem
- Osiris is what god?
- god of immortality
- Maat is
- not a god but maintains harmony and stability in universe.
- Menes/Narmer
- unifies egypt
- The division of egypt is known as what?
- nomes
- How many dynasties does the old kingdom have?
- 6
- Where is old kingdoms capital
- memphis
- Old kingdom is the age of what?
- pyramids
- What was the reason for collapse during the old kingdom
- money, people want money to build pyramids.
- First intermediate period had a break down in what?
- Central government
- What increased during intermediate period
- local government
- What ends the First intermediate period
- ends when pharaohs ally with middle class
- What increases during the middle kingdom
- social justice
- Democratization of religion
- Books of the dead, Dead people have to convince the gods that they are worthy to have eternal life.
- what kind of values during middle kingdom
- conservative communal values
- Second intermediate period began with what
- invasion of Hyksos