Unit 3: Cause and Effect in "Riddle of the Rosetta Ston"e

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Napoleon’s scholars and scientists were nicknamed "the donkeys" because they used donkeys for transportation during countryside expeditions.

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use donkeys as their transportation while making expeditions into the countryside.

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Impact of British destroying French fleet near Alexandria:

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Napoleon, his army, and the scholars become trapped in the land they have just conquered.

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The Rosetta Stone is named after the town where it was discovered.

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after the town near where it was discovered.

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Effect of hieroglyphs and Greek alphabet on the Rosetta Stone:

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Opportunity to decipher unknown hieroglyphs by matching them to known Greek.

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French scholars' excitement upon seeing the Rosetta Stone writing?

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First time seeing Greek alphabet with hieroglyphs.

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Excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone: The Ptolemys maintained Greek culture and respected Egyptian customs. The priests’ statement was carved in Greek and Egyptian on the Rosetta Stone. Identify the signal word indicating cause-and-effect.

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so

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Based on The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, why did General Menou hand over the Rosetta Stone to General Hutchinson?

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“You can have it,” he said, “because you are the stronger of us two.”

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Excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone: After Alexander the Great's control of Egypt (332 B.C.) and his general Ptolemy's rule, the Ptolemys maintained Greek culture while respecting Egyptian customs until Rome's conquest in 30 B.C. What fact does this support?

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One of the three inscriptions on the Rosetta Stone was written in Greek.

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Detail that helped scholars identify the second Egyptian inscription as simpler writing:

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The scholars had seen examples of it on rolls of papyrus, a writing material used by the Egyptians.

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Excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone: Effect of British-French conflict?

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[T]he French were finally forced to surrender to the British.