WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST AND EGYPT 3200 BC500 BC

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to tradition, what Egyptian god was god of the Nile and the god who first taught women to care for children?
A
Isis
B
Osiris
C
Aton
D
Amon-Re
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The story begins when Osiris reigned on earth and married his sister Isis.

Detailed explanation-2: -Amun, the supreme god, was increasingly seen as the final arbiter of human destiny, the true ruler of Egypt. The pharaoh was correspondingly more human and less divine.

Detailed explanation-3: -Osiris, Lord of Death and Rebirth Osiris is the Egyptian Lord of the Underworld and Judge of the Dead, brother-husband to Isis, and one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt. The name ‘Osiris’ is the Latinized form of the Egyptian Usir which is interpreted as ‘powerful’ or ‘mighty’.

Detailed explanation-4: -The sun-god is the first creator and ruler of creation. In references to his rule, more particularly in New Kingdom tales of the end of his reign, the world already seems to exist in the form it now has.

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