This King of Kush conquered Upper Egypt by 750 B.C.
Who is King Kashta?
100
Their written language was named for one of the capital cities.
What is meroitic?
200
I am a mixture of soil and small rocks found in the Nile River as I flow northward.
What is silt?
200
The king of this land wore a red crown.
What is lower Egypt?
200
Their written language was named for this capital city.
What is Meroe?
200
King Kashta's son conquered the rest of Egypt and then became pharaohs of Egypt.
Who is Piankhi?
200
I am a preserved body, placed in a coffin and put in a tomb for my journey to the afterlife.
What is a mummy?
300
Because I flooded about the same time every year, the Egyptians were forced to make this by counting the number of days between flooding cycles.
What is a calendar?
300
When the two countries were united they wore a double crown and were led by this King.
Who is King Menes?
300
The Egyptians invaded Nubia in search of this.
What are resources?
300
I was the daughter of a pharaoh and married to King Thutmose II. I became a ruler of by claiming my father was the Sun God Ra and I wore a false beard.
Who is Hatshepsut?
300
This process took 70 days and removed all organs, except the heart, from my body. It involves being wrapped in linens and rubbed with oils.
What is mummification?
400
This was a valuable crop used to make paper.
What is papyrus?
400
Egyptian kings in the old kingdom are best known for the huge structures they built.
What are pyramids?
400
The Egyptians relied on Nubia to trade these goods.
What are gold, ivory, cattle and ostrich feathers?
400
We were a group of people that invaded and took control of Egypt. We came from western Asia, rode chariots and brought new technology and ideas.
Who were the Hyksos?
400
These were built as a tomb for the rulers from blocks of granite and involved thousands of workers and had many chambers.
What were they pyramids?
500
Even though the Nile flooded, it was important to this group of people.
Who were the Egyptians?
500
This pyramid was built for the pharaoh Khufu at Giza.
What is the Great Pyramid?
500
This Nubian kingdom became free when the Hyksos were ruling Egypt.
What is the kingdom of Kush?
500
I was a young boy when I became pharaoh after Akhenaten's death. Under me, order was restored. I have left a tomb that is used for discovery today.
Who is King Tutankhamen?
500
This form of writing, based on pictures, also stood for sounds, and could be carved into a clay or stone tablet or paper.