HISTORY
THE ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST AND EGYPT 3200 BC500 BC
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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When he was born
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When he came to power
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When he died
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A year after his death
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Detailed explanation-1: -Building a pyramid was a really big deal. It took time and planning. The very first day a royal was crowned as Pharaoh, work on his or her tomb began. The day a pharaoh married, work on his wife’s tomb was begun.
Detailed explanation-2: -Around 2780 BCE, King Djoser’s architect, Imhotep, built the first pyramid by placing six mastabas, each smaller than the one beneath, in a stack to form a pyramid rising in steps.
Detailed explanation-3: -Larger, more complex tombs could, however, take anywhere from six to ten years for completion. These two teams would work in their respective parts of the tomb under the direct control of two foremen. The foremen were normally appointed by either the pharaoh or his vizier.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ancient Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first king of the First Dynasty, Narmer. Predominantly native Egyptian rule lasted until the conquest by the Achaemenid Empire in the sixth century BC.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Egyptians believed their pharaoh to be the mediator between the gods and the world of men. After death the pharaoh became divine, identified with Osiris, the father of Horus and god of the dead, and passed on his sacred powers and position to the new pharaoh, his son.