IV. Vocabulary skills

Ex. 5. Give Russian equivalents of the following word combinations and reproduce the sentences in which they are used in the text:

to turn one's attention to

painted pottery

local deities

vehicles for royal propaganda

to be regarded as

decipherment of the accompanying

texts

to be tailored to political expediency

traditional imagery

to enjoy prominence

to enjoy smth. in the afterlife

earthly status

to be preserved intact

to be painted with

Ex. 6. Give English equivalents of the following word combinations and reproduce the sentences in which they are used in the text:

ловкие охотники

оседлые общины

кремневые орудия

перемещение административных центров

продолжительные периоды

положить конец

основать новую династию

устроить по образу и подобию

все необходимое для жизни

жизнь после смерти

в современном понимании

торговля экзотическими товарами

свитки папируса

Ex. 7. Match the words and their definitions:

1. Pharaoh

2. "Two Lands"

3. Lower Egypt

4. Upper Egypt

5. Osiris

6. Manetho

7. "Kingdoms"

8. "Intermediate periods"

9. mastaba

a) the Delta of the Nile

b) the Lord of the Underworld

c) the first known historian

d) a priest who compiled a list of

thirty dynasties

e) "Great House"

f) a king of Egypt

g) periods characterized by war or

political fragmentation

h) a construction above the grave

i) a prototype of a pyramid

j) the son of the sun-god Ra

k) Upper and Lower Egypt

l) periods of relative stability

m) the Valley

Ex. 8. Paraphrase the italicized parts:

1. The names of individual kings began to be written, including those of Narmer and Aha.

2. Known as "Pharaoh", the king in Egypt was considered as both human and divine.

3. Temples of the gods were exploited as means of royal propaganda.

4. A priest called Manetho made up a list of thirty dynasties.

5. Thebes in Upper Egypt occupied an important position for extended periods during the Middle and the New Kingdoms.

6. Conquest of Persia put an end to native Egyptian rule.

7. With a new capital in Alexandria, Egypt enjoyed prominence in the cultural and political world of the Greek Mediterranean.

8. The Persian, Greek and Roman rulers were more interested in Egypt's wealth than in its religion and culture.

9. The artifacts were placed in the tombs for their owners to use them after death.

10. During the Early Dynastic period, mastaba tombs were designed as the homes of the living.

11. Tombs were full of everything required for the afterlife.

12. All the necessities of life were not damaged by Egypt's dry climate.

Ex. 9. Complete the sentences:

1. The unification of the Valley and the Delta...

2. A priest called Manetho...

3. Much of what we know about the ancient Egyptians...

4. The tombs were modeled on...

5. Written history began with...

6. The funerary beliefs of Egyptians are illustrated...

7. Pharaohs preferred tombs...

8. In the 6 millennium ВС, people of the Nile Valley...

9. About 3600 ВС the pre-dynastic Egyptians were...

10.Long king-lists were tailored to...

11.With a new capital in Alexandria...

12.Very little material survives outside tombs and temples, but...

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