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Who Were the Pharaohs? Why Were They Treated like Gods?

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Who were the pharaohs? Why were they treated like gods?

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The Pharaohs were kings of Egypt. Pharaohs treated like gods because Egyptians believed that Pharaoh was to be representative of God on earth.

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Chapter 1.4: The River Valley Civilisations: Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Chinese Civilisations - Exercise 16

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Goyal Brothers Prakashan History and Civics [English] Class 6 ICSE
Chapter 1.4 The River Valley Civilisations: Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Chinese Civilisations
Exercise 16 | Q 8

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