An odd site in some respects, but has useful summaries of topics such as Ma'at, Ba and Ka. Examinations will relate to textbook and source readings, class lectures, and discussions, not to these outlines. I. Introduction to Ancient Egypt A. Egyptology Egypt more in view than Mesopotamia due to Greek historians, but the Greeks had odd views - Herodotus Only one pagan Egyptian, Manetho, 3rd Cent BC, wrote in Greek historical mode, but nothing survives except king lists. Ability to read language lost by 400AD Hieroglyphs interpreted for centuries as spells, or Neoplatonic mysteries. C. Geography 1.
Society now is a collection of public, private, religious, etc networks.
Mesopotamia which was city states and empires. Pharaohs stop walled cities - keeps them in power and country together. Tombs rather than temples. The Old Kingdom established the basic framework of Egyptian society and belief. A. Zozer, 3rd Dyn.