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What did the Egyptians believe about spirits? What role did they believe that the Gods played in their world?

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The ancient Egyptians were a polytheistic people who believed that gods and goddesses controlled the forces of the human, natural, and supernatural

Explanation:maintain maat, the living had to constantly worship and make sacrifices to the gods to pacify the deities and spirits of the afterlife.

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They acted as intermediaries between their people and the gods, and were obligated to sustain the gods through rituals and offerings so that they could maintain Ma'at, the order of the cosmos, and repel Isfet, which was chaos.
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