The Nile River
Why was the Nile River important to ancient Egyptians?
What is It was ideal for human settlement because of its fertile land.
What is a theocracy?
What is a government under an all-powerful ruler who controlled both religious and political affairs.
What was the middle kingdom also known as?
What is The Golden Age of Egypt
What are textiles?
What is woven cloth
Is the Nile River the world's longest river?
What is true.
How did religion influence the Egyptians?
What is the ancient Egyptians worshiped many gods and goddesses but Egypt thought their god was more powerful than everything. The Egyptians believed those deities controlled nature and human activities.
Who was the second female pharaoh?
Who is Hatshepsut
Where did Nubia flourish?
What is Africa.
What is the Nile River called in Egypt?
What is The "lifeblood" of Egypt.
What was the largest social class in Egypt?
Who were farmers, unskilled workers and enslaved people.
In what year did the the ruling pharaohs in Memphis begin to weaken?
What is around 2200 B.C.
What was the name of the kingdom the Nubians made?
What was The Kingdom of Kush
How did the Nile River protect Egypt?
What is The Nile's dangerous cataracts prevented enemy ships from attacking Egypt. In the north, delta marshes stopped invaders who sailed from the Mediterranean Sea.
Why were the Pyramids built?
What is the huge structures made of stone and covered several city blocks were sued to protect the bodies of the dead pharaohs from floods, wild animals and robbers.
Who was Hatshepsut's nephew?
Who was Thutmose II
Kush's ruler moved the capital to _____
What was Meroë
How is the Nile two separate rivers?
What is the Blue Nile and the White Nile. They combine in south Egypt to make the Nile river.
Describe the embalming process.
Before the body was embalmed, the priest would remove the body’s organs and they were stored in special jars that were buried with the body. Then priests covered the body with a salt called natrol and stored it for several days. The natrol would dry up the body causing it to shrink and then the body was filled with spices and wrapped with long strips of linen. The body was then called a mummy and was sealed in a coffin and placed in a decorated tomb.
How did Akhenaton cause Egypt to lose land?
What is he made a new religion and only focused on it so invaders attacked Egypt
What is 1400s