HIST 1001 Lecture : WORLD HISTORY NOTES SEPT 6
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;the nile, flows south to north, floods according to regular cycle so agriculturally advantages. B/c nile travel so easy they never developed greater sea transportation technology. Necessary part of egyptian life , depended on floods to deposit silt for agriculture and allow them to thrive in harsh desert environment. An island in the desert; egypt"s borders geographically isolated, few avenues for invasion(w/ exception of sina peninsula as seen w/ the hyksos invasion during the 2nd intermediate period) religion. Death as transition/ doorway to another world. Polytheistic; ammon-ra, isis and osiris, horus ,anubis, etc. Pharaohs job to preserve ma"at ( harmony) Had special class of priests , job was to preserve pharaohs body after death , if done. Impt to keep things in line in harmony correctly the kah (soul) could be returned to the body. During middle kingdom period leads to mummification becoming popular w/ all strata of egyptian society.
