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What was the main problem with pharaohs that we discussed in class?
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They had absolute power and no-one to check them. This was a dangerous practice.
How did Osiris get the people to follow him? What did he do to physically help the land? 15X
He promised that he would allow MORE people to enter the afterlife.
He made the land more arable with drainage projects to they would have good crop growth.
The location in Egypt where the flooding happens, silt is left, and crops are grown.
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The Nile River Delta
This is the place that life was centered around in Ancient Egypt.
20 X
Nile River Valley
What direction does the Nile River flow? What body of water does it empty out into? What continent is in located in? What body of water is east of it?
20X
North, Mediterranean Sea, Africa, Red Sea
The Old Kingdom was call this Age. What was main reason they were constructed.
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The Pyramid Age. They were tombs for pharaohs and their queens.
What are hieroglyphics? What 2 elements did they include?
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Ancient Egyptian writing. Pictographs and alphabetic elements
Explain what happens to the Nile river every year. What were the Egyptians able to create because of this?
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Predictability. A calendar.
What are cataracts and what 3 negative effects do they have on the Nile?
15 X
Rock formations found throughout the river that create rapid conditions, separate the river, and make the river not completely passable.
Who ordered the building of a pyramid? When did the building start? Were all pharaoh's buried in pyramids? Give an example of a pharaoh not buried in a tomb.
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a pharaoh, ordered to be built as soon as they were elevated to be a pharaoh, no because some died before the pyramids were complete (King Tut is an example)
The dates of the Old Kingdom. How many years between the Old Kingdom and the Middle Kingdom?
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2700 - 2200
150 years
Dates of the Middle Kingdom. How many years between the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom?
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2050 - 1800
250 Years
Dates of the New Kingdom.
How far did the New Kingdom expand?
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1550 - 1100
It expanded to the Euphrates River. (Western Asia)
Why do the dates at the end of each kingdom stagger for a number of years before beginning the next one?
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It takes time to rebuild and restore stability and prosperity.
How did the Middle Kingdom End? What odd thing happened with this?
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They were taken over by the Hyksos. They adopted their cultures and beliefs instead of making their own rule.
What was a vizier?
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Chief minister who controlled day-to-day government.
The difference between Upper and Lower Egypt. Where is each located?
12 X
Elevation. Upper is located more to South and Lower is located more to the north.
Name the 4 ways that Egypt was protected from invaders?
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E and W - deserts on both sides
N and S - Impassable (Nile) River on both ends
Explain the end of the Old Kingdom in 3 details.
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1. Drought was the main problem. It led to crop failure and food shortages. 2. There was fighting among themselves. 3. The high cost of pyramids.
The New Kingdom created this first ever of its kind with who after they expanded into Asia.
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Peace Treaty with the Hittite Empire
What was Hatshepsut known most for?
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Increasing trade
Who was the most powerful pharaoh? Give 2 facts about him.
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Ramses ll. Ruled for 67 years, defeated the Hittites
What was the importance of King Tut? Was it easy to find a pharaoh's tomb in a pyramid? Was his tomb found in a pyramid?
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The condition that his tomb was found in was the main importance. It was not easy to find a tomb because they were well hidden from tomb raiders with secret passages and dead ends. His tomb was not found in a pyramid.
What was Amonhotep IV most know for and with whom?
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He was the first to adopt the idea of marriage and he was married to Nefertiti
How did the Middle Kingdom increase prosperity? With whom did they do this (people south of them)? What 2 things eventually happened?
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Trade. With the Nubians. They combined the cultures and became friends. Then the Egyptian army took over Nubia.