ancient egypt

Question	Answer
Anubis is the god of	mummification
Horus is the god of	protecting the pharaoh and the city of Memphis
Amun Ra	god of the sun and protector of Thebes
Isis	Osiris's wife, protector of the dead and goddess of children
sobek	god of water
sakhet	goddess of war
why was the Nile so important to the Egyptians	because when it flooded the flood water washed the fertile soils on to the river banks and the Egyptians could grow their crops
peret was	the seed time from November to March
shemu was	the harvest time from March to mid July
akhet was	the flood time from mid July to October
who's tomb was the greatest discovery of all the tombs	tutuncarmon
why was Tutancarmon's tomb so important	because it had not been robbed be tomb robbers
what kind of things did ancient Egyptians do for entertainment	fishing, board games, acrobatics, banquets and athletic games
who were the pharaohs in charge of	the Poole of Egypt and the gods
what did the ordinary people have to pay to the pharaoh	taxes
what is a mummy	a person who has been preserved from decay
what were some of the countries that Egypt traded with	Lebanon, Nubia and other societies in the south
what were the products that were traded between Egypt and Nubia	linen, wine, beer, tools, slaves, gold, and other luxuries
who were temples built for	gods and sometimes the pharaoh

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