Old Kingdom-The first of 3 "Kingdom-Periods" in Egypt; followed by "Middle" and "New Pharaoh- Egyptian God-King; means "great house" Re-Egyptian sun god The Great Sphinx-A huge statue with the head of a man and the body of a lion in Egypt Polytheistic-Belief in many deities or gods Hapi- God of the Nile River Isis-The most important goddess; represented the loyal wife and mother Osiris-God of the dead and underworld; Husband of Isis Book of the Dead-collection of spells and prayers that Egyptians studied to obtain life after death. Mummification-The process of preparing the body for the afterlife Pyramids-Tombs or Graves for Pharaohs; contained everything needed for the afterlife. Great Pyramid-Largest pyramid in Egypt; Built for King Khufu 2600BCE-Old Kingdom period begins 2300BCE-Old Kingdom period declines Diety- Another word for god or goddess
How did Egypts old kingdom develop? Egypts old kingdom developed by the Egyptians society and culture.One of this unification lower and upper Egypt The ancient egyptians thought this was the most important event of their life.This Egypt became a well organized society Egyptians were the first people to think life after death.They were also the first ones to build in stone and fashion stone and bricks and arch so basically they were the first one to make fashionable weapons.They were accomplished workers such as shipbuilders and sailers The legend of the ancient Egypt is written in stone across the face of the country.
WHAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM THE PAST?
I have learned that if Egypt's old kingdom did not existed today we would not have nothing to learn about in history. Egypt is a well known pyramid that we have now what we know and has a lot of history to it so we know what to learn that is history from ancient people.