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Early Communities of Egypt







               4   Answer the following questions.

                   1.  What were the major periods of ancient Egypt?








                   2.  Describe the daily life of ancient Egyptians.








                   3.  What is mummification?








                   4.   Using the symbols on the Let’s Do section in your student book, write a short
                        sentence describing ancient Egypt.








                   5.  When did we discover a way to read hieroglyphs? And how?










               5   Fill in the blanks using the following words.

                              New Kingdom         life after death         mummification
                                      Ancient Egypt         hieroglyphs         three


                                           was the birthplace of one of the longest-surviving civilizations

                   in the world. It passed through                             major periods; the last one
                   was the                          . The ancient Egyptians used
                   as their writing language. They believed in                            , so they created

                                           to embalm their bodies.




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