What is a central idea of the Newsela article “How the Ancient Egyptians Shaped the World's View of Life After Death”? The Egyptians' beliefs influenced the beliefs of many other ancient cultures. Ma’at, the idea of the world being in balance, is important to Egyptian mythology.

The Egyptians were the first culture to believe in an afterlife.

The story of the god Osiris is important to Egyptian mythology.

answer; william penn's approach made the colony diverse by attracting many types of people and religions;

the emancipation proclamation was the aim of the war change to include the freeing of slaves in addition to preserving the union. the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery in the u.s. was passed on december 6th 1865.

as promised, lincoln waited to unveil the proclamation until he could do so with success from the union military advance. on september 22nd 1862, after a victory at antietam, he publicly announced a preliminary emancipation proclamation, declaring all slaves free in the rebellious states as of january 1st 1863.