Middle Kingdom Madness
What is the name for the second period of ancient Egyptian history?
Middle Kingdom?
Why did Hatshepsut have to prove herself to the Egyptian people?
First female pharaoh
Whose culture and religion did the Nubians adopt?
Egypt
Hatshepsut’s nephew Pharaoh Thutmose III _____________ nearly 350 cities during his reign.
Conquered
What did the Egyptians and Kushites learn to use from the Assyrians?
Iron
What made Meroë a rich and powerful city?
Trade
What happened after the pharaohs ruling in Memphis began to lose power?
Nobles began to fight for control of Egypt
How were Pharaoh Hatshepsut’s goals as pharaoh different from many of her male counterparts?
Focused more on trade than war
What major change did Pharaoh Tutankhamun make in Egypt?
Restored the old polytheistic religion
Which tasty sounding king of Kush conquered Egypt?
King Piye
What did the people of Nubia use to write their language?
Egyptian hieroglyphics
What is a savanna?
a large, flat grassland
Middle Kingdom pharaohs ordered construction of a canal between the Nile River and ____________
The Red Sea
Where did we learn most of what we know about Pharaoh Hatshepsut?
Her tomb in the Valley of the Kings
Who did Egyptians believe lived at their temples?
(priests did NOT live at the temple)
Gods
How did the Egyptians defeat the Hyksos and drive them out?
Learned to use chariots and iron weapons
What in Egypt served as the earliest banks?
Temples
What does tribute mean?
forced payments from conquered people
How did statues of the pharaohs change in the Middle kingdom?
Showed them as humans, not gods
Why is King Tut more famous than other pharaohs?
His tomb was opened by modern people, not ancient
What did Akhenaton try to change about Egypt?
Religion
What two groups in Egyptian society were against Akhenaton?
Priests and military
During the Middle Kingdom, pharaohs stopped being buried in pyramids and began building tombs where?
Valley of the Kings
What job do envoys do?
A government representative to another country
What happened to the capitol of Egypt when the Middle Kingdom pharaohs took over?
Moved to Thebes
Give a reason Ramses the Great is considered the greatest pharaoh.
Created first modern peace treaty
Built temples
Longest ruling (66 years)
Oldest pharaoh
Nine more pharaohs named Ramses
Expanded Egypt’s borders
Why did Akhenaton try to change the religion of Egypt?
Threatened by the power of priests
What advantages did the Hyksos military have against the Egyptians?
Chariots
Iron weapons
What was one benefit of using iron?
Stronger than bronze or copper
Iron tools allowed easier farming (more food)
Iron weapons boosted military strength
What is the word for the wealth and resources of a country?
Economy