Ancient Civ Revision

• List THREE items you might find in an Egyptian pyramid:

  1. Gold, Jewels
  2. Dead servants
  3. Pets.
• List THREE great achievement of Cleopatra:

  1. Brought Egypt 22 years of fertility
  2. Stabilised the economy
  3. Was one of the most powerful Pharaohs in history.
• List THREE great achievement of Hatshepsut:

  
  

  She enhanced the economy

  Created a military

  Was a great builder and architect.
• What are the THREE things that destroyed Crete?

  Earthquakes, Tidal waves and a volcanic eruption.
• What did the Minoans BELIEVE caused the destruction of Knossos ?

  They believed that the Earth Goddess released a giant bull that was kept under the earth, who stampeded and destroyed their city.
• How were Egyptian Women treated?

  They were treated with respect, they were allowed to own their own property, etc.
• How were Minoan women treated?

  Minoan women had equal rights with men, and were very active and free to participate in all aspects of social life. They also showed particular interest in their appearance.
• What were Egyptian women expected to do?

  They were allowed to do the same jobs as men, and to have their own businesses, etc.
• What were Minoan women expected/allowed to do?

  They were expected to have children.
• How did Odysseus escape from the Cyclops?

  clinging to the bellies of the sheep 
• What does Xenia mean?

  Xenia = “guest friendship”
• How was fertility important to the Egyptians?

  The river Nile was sacred, their whole civilisation depended on it to thrive.
• THREE features of an Egyptian pyramid?

  Curses and warnings carved onto walls, Pharoahs or important people buried with gold, and other valuables so they can take it into the afterlife, tombs.
• Mummification is a way of preserving dead bodies. It involves drying out a body so that there is no moisture left which would cause it to rot. Organs are removed and placed in Canopic Jars. Only the heart remains in the body, as the Egyptians thought that this was the place where the soul lived. 
• Seth


  God of Chaos
• Seth was jealous of his brother Osiris


  Osiris was the king
• Seth's plan


  1. Found out the exact measurements of Osiris' body

  2. Made a box that fitted him

  3. Presented the box at a banquet

  4. Said whoever fitted it could keep it

  5. Osiris fitted inside

  6. Slammed the lid shut and nailed it down

  7. Threw the box into the Nile
• Osiris drowned
• The box floated away down the river and into the Mediterranean Sea
• The box became lodged in the roots of a tree in Byblos and the tree grew over it
• Isis was searching for her husband
• The King and Queen of Byblos learned there was a mysterious stranger in the land and invited her to the palace
• Isis revealed herself to be a goddess and was able to save Osiris from the pillar
• Isis took Osiris back to Egypt in the box


  1. Was intercepted by Seth

  2. Seth cut Osiris into many little pieces

  3. Scattered the pieces across the world
• Isis travelled across the world to collect all the pieces and resurrect her husband
• Osiris


  God of the Dead
• Isis


  Goddess of Fertility and New Life
• The Minotaur was a half man half bull

  The Minotaur lived in a Labyrinth under the palace

  Every 9 years 14 children from Athens were sent to Crete to be sacrificed to the Minotaur

  Theseus slayed the bull with a sword he was given by Ariadne
• Minoan

  Was incredibly wealthy

  Was in the heart of the Mediterranean sea and traded with the countries around it

  Kept detailed trade records
• Egyptian

  Very wealthy civilisation

  Lasted for hundreds of years

  Established strong trade links with several countries in the mediterranean

  Developed the fertile Nile region

  Built several important cities