People
United Upper and Lower Egypt.
Narmer.
Egyptians develop hieroglyphics.
3000 BC
This is a material that produces a pleasant smell when burned.
incense
Re/Ra
Fertile marshlands at the end of a river.
Deltas
Pharaoh who tried to start a new religion based on one deity, Aton.
Amenhotep IV
The earliest Egyptians arrived to the Nile River Valley then.
5000 BC
A government where the pharaoh was both the political and religious leader.
Theocracy.
Lower class.
The natural/physical barrier that protected Egypt to the south.
Cataracts
Ahmose.
This kingdom invaded Kush and destroyed Meroë.
Axum
Pharaohs and other rulers sent these people to maintain close ties.
This was the most important group in ancient Egyptian society.
The Nile River's flooding could be described as
Predictable.
This pharaoh favored trade and wealth over war during the New Kingdom.
Hatshepsut.
Kush's rulers moved their capital to the city of Meroë, near one of the Nile's cataracts.
540 BC
They supervised the construction and repair of dams, irrigation canals, and brick granaries.
Bureaucrats.
These were the other two names for Nubia.
Kerma and Kush.
These are the two capitals of Egypt during the Old Kingdom and the Middle Kingdom.
Memphis, Thebes.
Kashta's son who completed the conquest of Egypt.
Piye
In this year, Kushite king named Kashta headed north. He began the conquest of Egypt.
750 BC
The current process of preserving a dead body.
Embalming.
These were the two most crucial gods in Egyptian mythology.
The sun god Re, and the river god Hapi.
The sea to the Southeast of Egypt.
The Red Sea