Ancient History Games 4 Grades 1

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Catalhoyuk House Interior

What are key things to remember about the Catalhoyuk Interior

1. 1. Catalhoyuk houses were densely packed

2. 2. They were built close to the river

Why is water important here?

1. 1. It’s a close water source

2. 2. It protects their animals

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Carved Through

What is important about this artwork

1. 1. It symbolizes animal domestication and fertility

2. 2. was made to flex about someone’s fetile land

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Renovated Nilometer

What makes the Renovated Nilometer so important?

1. 1. It measured the flooding of the Nile

2. 2. Only the elite could go inside to measure the flooding

3. 3. People were taxed based on the Nile’s flooding

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Khufu’s Solar Barge

What is important about Khufu’s Solar Barge

1. 1. It was a ceremonial boat to carry the King’s body along the Nile to the pyramids for burial

2. 2. The Nile= the start of the afterlife

3. 3. The boat was immediately buried to represent the start of the afterlife journey

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Painted Relief of Official Ti, Hunting

What is important about this artwork?

1. 1. He’s leading a group of hunters hunting hippos

2. 2. Attention to the water= represents the Nile and the afterlife

3. 3. The Nile is in the afterlife

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Relief of Agricultural Scenes

What is important about this artwork

1. 1. Was in the tomb of Nyankh-nesut

2. 2. Represented the 2 seasons: Receding Season (top) and Harvest Season (bottom)

3. 3. Was a status symbol of his successful agriculture

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Guennol Lioness

What is important about this artwork?

1. 1. She represents the wildness and power of the marshlands

2. 2. She represents something that has to be tamed

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Iraq Cup with Nude Hero

What are important things about this work?

2. 1. A nude hero is grabbing 4 lions and protecting a sheep=he goes out and tames the chaos

3. 2. He’s considered half wild himself

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Lion Hunt Stele

What is important about this artwork?

1. 1. The king represents the naked hero

2. 2. He is proactively hunting and taming the wild