The Geography of Egypt
It begins in Central Africa and runs 4,000 miles north to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile River?
Historians consider him the Egypt's first Pharaoh.
Who is Pharaoh Menes/Narmer?
People blamed him if crops did not grow well or if disease struck.
What is Pharaoh?
These were built as a symbol of Pharaoh's journey to the afterlife.
What is a pyramid?
These two things made Egypt wealthy during the New Kingdom.
What is military conquest and trade?
This kingdom is located below Upper Egypt and has gold as an abundant resource.
What is Nubia.
Series of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
Egyptians developed this method to preserve the body for many many years.
What is embalming?
He was the Pharaoh that started the middle kingdom.
Who is Pharaoh Mentuhotep?
This pharaoh's history was destroyed twenty years after death.
Who was Queen Hatshepsut?
Ancient Egypt included two regions.
What is Upper Egypt & Lower Egypt?
This title meant the "Great House"
What is Pharaoh?
Much of Egyptian religion focused on this.
What is afterlife?
To fulfill ITS needs, people filled with tombs with objects for afterlife. IT remained linked to the body and could not leave the burial site.
What is Ka?
He was the Pharaoh that signed the peace treaty with the Hittites. Afterwards, the Hittites became allies with Egypt.
Who was Ramses the Great?
Ancient Egyptian farmers developed this system just like the early Mesopotamia.
What is irrigation?
The Pharaoh Menes wore these colors on his crown to show unity between Upper and Lower Egypt.
What is red and white on the crown?
According to the Egyptian legend, he was a pharaoh known for his cruelty, but history tell us that the people who worked for him were well fed.
Who was Khufu?
He declared himself Pharaoh at the end of the middle kingdom.
Who was Ahmose of Thebes?
No one knew where THEY came from, but after THEY took over, Egypt would never regain its power again.
Who were the Sea People?
This was a special name given to a special resource in Ancient Egypt.
What is the "Gift of the Nile'?
The new capital that was built on the tip of the Nile Delta.
What is Memphis?
Pharaoh-Nobles-Scribes/Craftspeople-Farmers/Servants/Slaves
What was the social hierarchy in Ancient Egypt?
The middle kingdom ended when this group conquered and ruled Egypt for 200 years.
Who were Hyksos?
After the Pharaohs, they were the most honored in the Egyptian societies.
What are scribes?