In their travels, these small groups traded shells and stone tools with other small groups, establishing an early commerce network. 2. ... His wicked brother Seth stood for all of the bad things in life including the desert, nighttime, the foreigner, disorder, and warfare. ... The pharaoh was considered part god, part king. ... During the Old Kingdom, everything prospered and many great things were achieved during this period. But, by the end of the Old Kingdom, the Nile failed its duty and most things failed in return. ...

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They kept a small amount of livestock and grew a small number of crops. ... Once in the tomb it was believed that the Akh began its journey to the hall of judgment, where the god Anubis held the person's heart in one pan and in another a feather of Ma"at, the goddess of justice. ...

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The bees were encouraged to build combs horizontally, which made combs smaller, but more numerous. ... For the Masai people in Kenya, The one high God Enkai created the heavens and the earth along with the first three tribes of people. ... A story by Aesop describes a meeting between a bee and the high God Zeus. ... In the story of "The Honey Thief" the child-god Cupid attacks a bees' nest to obtain honey, and is thus stung painfully. He runs to his mother, the Goddess of Love, Venus, who teaches him an important lesson about lusting after the things that go against the laws of nature or...

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• Grade Level: High School

As the sun slowly goes down, I was watching this beautiful sunset saying thanks to Ra god of the sun. ... I took home my bit of the harvest for my family, they really like eating my harvested food and making things from the flax and other crops. ... Now I went to go and get an offering for Hapi (Nile god), During the inundation flood, the we would throw offerings, amulets and other sacrifices into the Nile at certain places, sacred to Hapi, to ensure a food flood. ... It was now time to go to bed, so my wife and I put our son to bed and then I went to bed to get another great nights sleep for...

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The Great Pyramid is the biggest of the three pyramids, and it is part of its own small complex that likewise hold 3 small pyramids that were made for Khufu's wives. ... To arrange for the life after death, they assembled sanctuaries to the gods and immense pyramid tombs for themselves loaded with all the things each ruler would require to guide him and rule in the next world. ...

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