Egypt: History and Literature
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Egypt: History and Literature

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The Old Kingdom saw the survival of important works such as Pyramid Texts and Cannibal Texts, which include nonliterary and highly poetic ______

spells

The Tale of Sinuhe relates the flight of a refugee courtier, Sinuhe, from Egypt to Syria for political reasons, his life in exile and his ______

homecoming

The Shipwrecked Sailor is a simple folk tale of a sailor who meets an old fatherly serpent on an ______

island

The Story of King Apohis and Sekenenre concerns war expelling the ______

<p>Hykos</p> Signup and view all the answers

The literature of the late period differs greatly from that of the earlier times because it was written in ______, the simplified Egyptian language of that time

<p>demotic</p> Signup and view all the answers

Works like The Lamentations of Isis and Nephtys and Setna and The Magic Book were popular during the ______

<p>Late Period</p> Signup and view all the answers

Egypt is bisected by the highly fertile ______ valley

<p>Nile</p> Signup and view all the answers

Egypt's 1979 peace treaty with Israel brought security, the return of the ______, and large injections of U.S. aid

<p>Sinai</p> Signup and view all the answers

Egyptian literature is characterized by a wide diversity of types and subject ______

<p>matter</p> Signup and view all the answers

The religious literature of ancient Egypt includes hymns to the gods, mythological and ______ texts

<p>magical</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are some examples of literary devices found in ancient Egyptian literature?

<p>Simile, metaphor, alliteration, punning</p> Signup and view all the answers

During which historical periods does ancient Egyptian literature date from?

<p>Old Kingdom (c. 2755-2255 B.C.) into the Greco-Roman period (after 332 B.C.)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are some examples of secular literature found in ancient Egyptian writings?

<p>Stories, instructive literature ('wisdom text'), poems, biographical and historical texts, scientific treatises, legal, administrative, and economic texts</p> Signup and view all the answers

What were the key outcomes of Egypt's 1979 peace treaty with Israel?

<p>Security, return of the Sinai, large injections of U.S. aid</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of literary works survived from the Old Kingdom period of ancient Egypt?

<p>Pyramid Texts, Cannibal Texts, Proverbs of Ptahotep</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the Tale of Sinuhe, what were the reasons for the refugee courtier, Sinuhe, fleeing from Egypt to Syria?

<p>Political reasons</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which tale from the New Kingdom period of ancient Egypt involves an official sent to Lebanon for cedar wood?

<p>Voyage of Wenamon</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the simplified Egyptian language of the late period known as?

<p>Demotic</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the central theme of the Story of King Apohis and Sekenenre from the New Kingdom period?

<p>War expelling the Hyksos</p> Signup and view all the answers

What unique characteristic of the New Kingdom period's writing style replaced the artificialities of the Middle Kingdom?

<p>The use of the language of the day</p> Signup and view all the answers

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