Rulers
This king drove the Hyksos out of Egypt.
Who is Ahmose?
The Egyptians valued wood products because the Nile River Valley had few of these.
What are trees?
An embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips is a _________.
What is a mummy ?
This type of land bordered the Nile River in Ancient Egypt.
What are deserts?
They collected tax payments of grain from farmers.
Who are bureaucrats, or government officials ?
The forced payments sent to the pharaoh by conquered peoples are called this.
What are tributes?
A material burned for its pleasant smell.
What is incense?
The Egyptian invention to prevent the pharaoh's body from decomposing.
What is embalming?
The Nile provides fertile soil for farming. For this reason it has been called this.
What is the lifeblood of Egypt?
This social class was made up of traders, artisans, and scribes.
What is middle class?
A line of rulers that passes power from father to son.
What is a dynasty?
The capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom.
What is Memphis?
The ancient Egyptian civilization was the first to publish books about advances in this field.
What is medicine?
located along the Nile River's north delta
What is Upper Egypt?
The upper class in ancient Egypt is made up of ____________.
Who are priests and nobles?
He tried to give the Egyptians a new religion.
Who is Amenhotep?
the capital of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom.
What is Thebes?
King for whom the Great Pyramid was built.
Who is Khufu?
Fast moving waters formed by boulders and steep cliffs.
What are cataracts?
This ruler avoided military conquests and expanded Egypt's economy.
Who is Hatshepsut?
Under this leader's rule, Egypt lost most of its lands to outside invaders.
Who is Akhenaton?
Pharaohs and other rulers exchanged these to maintain close ties.
What are envoys?
Egyptian name for Egypt, means "the Black Lands"
What is Kemet?
Grasslands south of Egypt.
What are savannas?
The greatest of the New Kingdom pharaohs.
Who is Ramses II?