Nile River
What is the Nile river?
The Nile River is the longest river in the world.
What was the Old kingdom?
The Old Kingdom was a period in Egyptian history that lasted for about 500 years, from about 2700 to 2200 BC.
What was the Middle Kingdom?
The Middle Kingdom was a period of order and
the stability which lasted to about 1750 BC.
What was the New Kingdom?
The period during which Egypt
reached the height of its power and glory.
Where is the Nile river located?
The Nile river is located in Egypt. It begins in central
Africa and runs north through Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea, a distance of over 4,000 miles.
How was society structured in the Old Kingdom?
Society was structured in parts starting from wealthiest to poorest.
Pharaoh, Nobles, Scribes/ Craftspeople, and Farmer/Slaves/ servants
What are the main differences between the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom?
The main difference would be how there were different pharaohs ruling, different burial practices, different beliefs, and different ages.
Why did pharaohs fear future invasions?
They feared future invasions because of their past with the conquest of Egypt by the Hyksos.
Why was the Nile River important?
It was important because it provided Egypt with water. It also provided transportation and a good source of trade.
Where did they bury the pharaohs?
They buried them in pyramids.
What was something the Middle Kingdom was remembered for?
The reunification of Egypt and many more.
Did the New Kingdom expand with wealth and land?
Yes, they did.
Did the Nile river ever flood?
Yes, but only once a year.
How did religious beliefs affect Egyptian burial practices?
It affected their burial practice because it influenced how they buried people. For example, they made dead people mummies and believed they would go to the afterlife.
True or False
Building and maintaining pyramids did not cost a lot of money.
False because it did cost a lot of money.
True or False
The social structure of the New Kingdom was similar to the Old kingdom's structure.
True
How has the Nile River shaped the history of Egypt?
The Nile River shaped ancient Egypt in that it provided a waterway for trading a means of defending against enemies and a water source for agriculture.
True or False
During the Old Kingdom, the Egyptians practiced polytheism.
True
What caused the end of the Middle Kingdom?
The conquest of Egypt by the Hyksos
Bonus: Who was the most well-known pharaoh of the New Kingdom times?
Ramses the Great