Ch. 5 2-3

ESSENTIAL QUESTION - What religious beliefs did Egyptians hold?

• The Egyptians believed in many gods related to nature. They also believed in a happy afterlife

• to preserve a body after death

• A body that has been dried so it won't decay.

• Egyptians believed that their prosperity could continue with a happy afterlife.

Embalm

• to preserve a body after death

• A body that has been dried so it won't decay.

• Egyptians believed that their prosperity could continue with a happy afterlife.

• is a line of rulers from the same family

Mummy

• A body that has been dried so it won't decay.

• Egyptians believed that their prosperity could continue with a happy afterlife.

• is a line of rulers from the same family

• order in which members of a royal family inherit a throne

REVIEW - What did the Egyptians think happened after death?

• Egyptians believed that their life could continue with a happy afterlife.

• is a line of rulers from the same family

• order in which members of a royal family inherit a throne

• Because the pharaoh was thought to be a god, government and religion were not separate in ancient Egypt.

dynasty

• is a line of rulers from the same family

• order in which members of a royal family inherit a throne

• Because the pharaoh was thought to be a god, government and religion were not separate in ancient Egypt.

• He ordered the largest pyramid to be built

succession

• order in which members of a royal family inherit a throne

• Because the pharaoh was thought to be a god, government and religion were not separate in ancient Egypt.

• He ordered the largest pyramid to be built

• A pyramid with sides that rise in a series of steps.

Review - How were religion and government linked in ancient Egypt?

• Because the pharaoh was thought to be a god, government and religion were not separate in ancient Egypt.

• He ordered the largest pyramid to be built

• A pyramid with sides that rise in a series of steps.

• Egyptian pharaoh who built the great pyramid

ESSENTIAL QUESTION How did Pharaoh Khufu proclaim his glory?

• He ordered the largest pyramid to be built

• A pyramid with sides that rise in a series of steps.

• Egyptian pharaoh who built the great pyramid

• order in which members of a royal family inherit a throne

step pyramid

• A pyramid with sides that rise in a series of steps.

• Egyptian pharaoh who built the great pyramid

• He wanted a monument to show how great he was.

• removing brain

Khufu

• Egyptian pharaoh who built the great pyramid

• removing brain

• A body that has been dried so it won't decay.

• to preserve a body after death