Questions About Egypt

1)
- The Nile delta region is to the north of Egypt near the sea and begins about one hundred miles before the Nile enters the Mediterranean.
- King Narmer was the ruler who united Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt.
- Pharaohs were Egyptian god-kings, because they were thought to be almost as splendid and powerful as all the gods in heaven.
- Egypt ran on a theocracy government so that the rule was based on religious authority.
- The resting places of kings from the Old Kingdom was in a triangular structure called a pyramid. - -- Royal Egyptians, as well as elite Egyptians, were preserved by mummification in which they are dried to prevent decay and wrapped up.
- Egyptians established a flexible writing style that included pictographs called hieroglyphics.
- The Egyptians also invented a better writing surface, papyrus.
3) Egypt benefitted from being surrounded by deserts because when the Nile's water spilled over the banks caused flooding, but when it receded in October, it left a rich mud called silt. The deserts also acted natural barriers between Egypt and other lands.
4) The Egyptians viewed the pharaoh as god-kings because they were almost as splendid and powerful as the gods of heavens.
5) Egyptians mummified bodies because the mummification kept the bodies preserved and to prevent the body from decaying.