Geography
Fast moving and rocky rapids
What are cataracts?
The Kingdom that built "The Great Pyramid of Khufu"
What is the Old Kingdom?
This group served as governors in Egypt
Who are Bureaucrats?
god of the Nile river
Who is Hapi?
Nickname for Kush, given in honor of their skilled hunters
What is the "land of the bow"
Longest river in the world
What is the Nile River?
Time of conquering Eastern lands around the Mediterranean Sea and building irrigation systems.
What was the Middle Kingdom?
These Egyptian books were a first of their kind
What are medical books
Direction the Nile River flows
What is South to North
Valuable mineral found in Kush
What is gold?
First capital of United Egypt
What is Memphis?
Hatshepsut reigned during this period, causing trade to flourish.
What was the New Kingdom?
Scribes used these pictorial words to record important events in Egypt.
What are hieroglyphics?
A bucket with a weight that transferred water from the river to farms easily
What is a shadoof?
flat, grassy plains with scattered trees south of the Sahara.
What are savannahs?
Located in lower Egypt, fertile ground where the Nile flows into the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile River Delta?
Conquered Nubia during this period.
What was the Middle Kingdom.
Egyptians like to party, cook, play, and relax here when the weather was too hot.
The rooftop
A cycle of flooding that the Egyptians controlled to maintain a food surplus
What is predictable flooding?
Kushite king who ruled all of Egypt in 730 BC for about 60 years.
Who is Piye?
Civilization located in Upper Egypt
What is Nubia or Kush?
Conquered Egypt with chariots
Who were the Hyksos?
Unlike many early civilizations, this group could own land, rule, and had legal rights in Egypt.
land in Northern Egypt means "black land" for rich soil
What is Kemet?
taught Kush to make iron
Who are the Assyrians?