Chronology
The period of time during which one family controls government (usually over several generations)
What is Dynasty
The old capital of ancient Egypt
What is Memphis
The chief judge and most senior official under the pharaoh
What is a Vizier
Often depicted with a human body and the head of a particular animal
What is the Egyptian Gods
The area where a river splits into seperate streams before flowing into the sea
What is the Delta
A time when Egypts main government was weak and unable to control its economic resources
What is the intermediate periods
The area coated in thick layers of mud after a flood that created fertile farming land for planting grain
What is the Black Lands
The 42 regions of Egypt
What is Nomes
A place built to keep the gods happy and to provide places where people could worship their statues and offer gifts to them.
What is Temples
The 42 regions of Egypt
What is Nomes
The latest period in ancient Egyptian history
The length of the Nile river
What is 6500 kilometers
The lord of the two lands or the king who united Lower and Upper Egypt
Who is Menes
A person could be condemned to death for deliberately doing this
What is killing a sacred animal.
90 per cent of land was the desert area, the opposite of the Black Lands.
What is the Red Lands
The person Ptolemy asks to write a history of Egypt
Who is Manetho
Who is Hapi
He alone decided what was the law, and his people believed he could make laws for the entire universe.
Who is the Pharaoh
Events that broke up the Egyptians' ten-day week.
What is festivals and holidays
Governor of a region of Egypt
Who is the Nomarch
The time period in which the pharaohs ruled Egypt
What is 3100 BCE to 30 BCE
Mid July to October or Akhet
What is the flood season
People believe it stands for justice, truth, order and balance, ideas which are at the heart of ancient Egyptian society.
What is Ma'at
God who could protect women from evil forces during childbirth
Who is Taweret
Hall with a roof supported by columns, as in an Egyptian temple.
What is the Hypostyle Hall