Questions to consider for Ch. 2 (Lecture)
Some questions to consider for today’s lecture:
What role did the environment play for the development of Egypt’s society and religion?
How does the Nile River contrast with the Tigris and Euphrates?
When was Upper and Lower Egypt united?
Under which Kingdom did stone pyramids first emerge?
What is a theocracy? What is meant by “The law of the land is the mouth of the pharaoh.”
Who were some of the gods?
Describe the Osiris / Isis myth.
Why is 1922 significant for the world of archeology?
Was King Tut a major or minor Egyptian pharaoh?
Describe the reign of Akhenaten.
What evidence is there that Queen Nefertiti’s Bust was not meant for public display?
What is the prayer on p. 53 for?
How did Egyptians portray the body?
Why and how did they mummify the body?
What was the subject matter of Egyptian poetry?
Who were the Nubian Kush people and the Nok culture?