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-Egypt stayed within the confines of its borders
-Hyksos invaded; Egyptians became more imperialistic;
-Amenhoptet III is rejected and if he was mentioned in hyrogliphics they carved those sections out. He tried to get rid of the polytheistic and worship the god Aten
-marriages in Egyptian life were generally arranged by the parents and they could end in divorce but they rarely did because of a moral code. Food was a grain based diet, because the grain was so plentiful. There was very little meat in the diet and of there was it was fish.
-Egyptians were one of the first recyclers, the temples would be abandoned and taken down and the stones used to make the temples were transported to another capital or city and were used in the reconstruction of another temple or building.
-Hebrews: long history in the area of Palestine and Egypt. In the beginning they are polytheistic but because of a flood(story of the flood is important). the flood symbolizes the attitude that the people had and the gods destroyed their area because of that. They're based on a tribal development. They develop a loyalty to the tribe and not to any type of generalized political state. Because of a drought they had to move into Egypt. In the beginning they were treated well but the Egyptians were not happy and they made them live in an area called Goshen(the ghetto). Moses(leader of the Hebrew) requested that the Hebrew people be permitted to leave Egypt. He felt that they had been there long enough and the lands had opened up and it would eliminate their virtual slavery. The exudus begins.
-exudus: a series of plagues hit Egypt because the pharaoh would not let them leave. According to the exudus, it's up to individuals whether or not
-Abraham was viewed differently by all three religions, he lives in the city of Ur. There is no political state during Abraham's time
-United Kingdom- ancient country that lasts about 100 years, has three kings.
1-Saul: military leader appointed about

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