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What is the name of the river in wich the Egyptian culture was developed?
Nile
What aspect did this river help the land in?
Created fertile land to grow crops
What was Egypt ideal for becuase of the water source?
agriculture
What are the cataracts?
A sections of the river that become very shallow and rocky, causing dangerous rapids.
What is a shadoof?
A device made from a long pole with a bucket on one end and a weight on the other; used to dip water out of the Nile River.
How was Egypt protected from invasions?
because of its Geography (surrounded by deserts and the six cataracs from the Nile river)
Where is Thebes?
upper Egypt
What is the Delta?
A fan-shaped area of fertile land at the mouth of a river
What are the three kingdoms of Egypt?
old, middle and new kingdoms
What is Nilometer?
A device used to measure the Nile’s water levels.
What is an amulet?
A large ornament worn on a necklace and thought to protect the wearer from evil spirits
What is Egyptian writing called?
hieroglyphics
What is Kushites writing called?
Meroitic
Who began the first dynasty of Egypt?
Menes
Definition of Pyramid:
A large tomb constructed on a rectangular base with four sloping, triangular sides.
Mention the Egyptian social classes from the social pyramid:
1. king (The Pharaoh)
2. Government officials, nobles, and priests
3. Soldiers (army), scribes, artisans, and musicians
4. Merchants, farmers, slaves, and some craftmen
Who is a Pharaoh?
A ruler of Egypt
Mention a famous tomb of Egypt and who discovered it ?
Tomb of King Tutankhamun, discovered by Howard Carter.
Name one of the seven wonders of the Ancient World from Egypt:
The Great Pyramid of Giza
Mention the Egyptian religion and at least two of their gods:
Polytheistics. Ra (the sun god) and Osiris (the god of the underworld)
What is Papyrus?
Paper made from the stems of the papyrus plant
An ancient rock stele carved with Egyptian hieroglyphics, Greek, and another script; used as a key to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics:
The Rosetta stone
Who translated the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta stone
in 1822?
Jean-François Champollion
Whar is a Canopic jar?
A special container for organs of a dead body
What Empire conquered Egypt in 1000 BC?
The Kushites