Pharoahs
The ruler "Narmer" was the first pharaoh to unite lower and upper Egypt. He wore a crown of what two colors?
Red and white
The skilled workers would create rich cloths, luxury goods, and even jewelry
Artisans
Ancient Egyptians believed in many gods, also called...
polytheists
What good did Kush have that Egypt wanted most?
gold
The Longest River in the World
The Nile
A ruling family
dynasty
Sumeria = Cuneiform
Egypt = ?
Hieroglyphics
The Sun god
Amon-Re
The buying and selling of goods and services is also called....
commerce
Rocky Rapids, or Waterfalls
Cataracts
The pharaoh relied on a group of government officials, also known as a...
bureaucracy
A group of people, valued for their knowledge of reading and writing
Scribes
Daily Double: According to Egyptian legend, which god was killed by their rival god (Seth), and chopped into tiny pieces to be spread out among the stars. Also known as the god of the underworld
Osiris
Another name for Kush
Nubia
Egypt is separated into which two sections?
Lower and Upper Egypt
The social pyramid put Pharaohs at the top, or most important. Name one group of people at the bottom.
farmers, servants, slaves
The famous Egyptian text that acts as a guide for the afterlife
The Book of the Dead
Where were the poor buried?
In the desert/sand
the word to describe the need to trade with another country
interdependence
Kemet, or the Black Land, of Egypt got its name from what?
The rich, dark soil
The mother of Thutmose III and the first women pharaoh
Hatshepsut
The pyramids of Giza held the record for world's tallest building for how many years?
4,000
There were 2 major ways Egyptians prepared for the afterlife.
1. They lived a good/sin-free life
2. ?
Mummification/ preserved their bodies
Kush eventually conquered Egypt, but list power because they entered into war with what empire?
Assyrian Empire
What yearly natural disaster proved actually helpful to the people of Egypt?
The flooding of the Nile River