DÜNYA MEDENİYETLERİNE GİRİŞ - Deneme Sınavı - 8

Like nearly all ancient civilizations, the ancient
Egyptian civilization began in the Nile River valley.

The ancient Egyptians were creative, industrious and hard working. Their land was dry except on the banks of the Nile. They were not constrained by harsh environment. They labored hard in irrigation, land and water management. The correct answer is A.

In broader perspectives, there are three aspects of Egyptian civilization that clearly identify its historical characteristics:
• Its genesis and uniqueness,
• Its roots in the Nile and the Rift Valley of Africa,
• Its longevity.

The term environmental determinism is not among these characteristics. 

The correct answer is D.

The Horus Kings were each identified with a particular god. Among these kings were Djoser, Pepi I, Pepi II, Sekemket, and
Peripsen.

Except for the option A, options in B, C, D, and E are the criteria which describe Egyptian civilization

Except for the option C, the rest are related to habitat

Options A and B are related to Afro-centrists

Options C and D are to deny that Egyptian civilization does not belong to Africa

Except for the option B, the rest are common characteristics of Egyptologists

The gargantuan task of pyramid building took off during the Second, Third, and the Fourth Dynasties. These kings ruled between 2890-2560 BCE. They carried forward the task of building with added vitality and accelerated speed.

Early dynastic period: 3100-2650 BCE

The correct answer is D.

the ideas given in options A, B, C and E must be  read as they have been marginally, not greatly influenced

The Sixth Dynasty began under a boy pharaoh, King Popy II. He started his rule at the age of six and ruled for 94 years.

The correct answer is E.

Its traditionality, genesis, uniqueness, roots in the Nile and the Rift Valley of Africa and longevity are aspects of ancient Egyptian civilization

except for the option C, the rest are common characteristics of pharaohs

Except for the the option A, the rest are characteristics of Egyptianism

Imhotep, a “Renaissance Man,” was a gifted friend of the Pharaoh he followed; he was commissioned to build Djoser’s grave. Djoser made a wise choice by placing the future management of his dead body in the hands of Imhotep, who made sure that he glorified and honored his lord by building a most spectacular burial place, the Saqqara pyramid in Memphis.

During this period was built the Great Pyramid of Giza, erected for the great Pharaoh Khufu in ways so complex and technically ingenious that no one, even today, is yet able to determine how it was built.

Like nearly all ancient civilizations, the ancient Egyptian civilization began in the Nile River valley whose length from Lake Tana, in the high lands of Ethiopia, and from Lake Victoria, in Eastern Africa, is over 4000 miles as it reaches Alexandria, Egypt in North Africa. Right answer is A.

The Nordic have contributed to four, possibly five: the Indic, the Hellenic, the Western, the Russian Orthodox Christian, and possibly the Hittite. Right answer is “E”.

The Alpine have contributed to seven, possibly nine: the Sumeric, the Hittite, the Hellenic, the Western, both the Russian offshoot and the main body of the Orthodox Christian, the Iranic and possibly the Egyptiac and Minoan. Righ answer is “C”.

The Mediterranean have contributed to ten: the Egyptiac, the Sumeric, the Minoan, the Syriac, the Hellenic, the Western, the main body of the Orthodox Christian, the Iranic, the Arabic and the Babylonic. Right answer is “E”.