RELG 204- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 20 pages long!)

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 204
• Professor: Eric Bellavance

Document Summary

Lower egyptian nomes: ancient egypt was divided into nomes (provinces). During 5th and 6th, some noma gained power, where the pharaoh were weak, and some nomarchs become more importante and they wanted to create two dynasties. Pepi ii: the one on the battefields, in charge of the army > reigned for a very long time, and during the last decade, the nomarchs became more important especially in the 6th. Pharons will lose their power in the 7th and 10th: the coolant rule over the whole land! they are no longer pharaoh then! 2 dynasty: in the north and one in the south! The god of memphis: pthah > symbol of a bull, he created the universe by just creating something and thinking about it using his heart. > one bull was chosen to be the incarnation of ptah! he died and they buried him after the mummification and they had a special way of choosing the next bull