Vocab!
Paper-like writing material in ancient Egypt was grown from plants.
What is papyrus?
What is the name of an ancient Egyptian city?
Thebes, Memphis, Alexandria...
She was the last pharaoh.
Cleopatra
Hyksos conquered the Nile Delta area in roughly 1700 BC
How: Use of horse-drawn chariots
What is the Middle Kingdom?
Who were the people trained to read and write in ancient Egypt?
Scribes
The Egyptian written language
What are hieroglyphics?
Egypt “is wholly the gift of the ____," Herodotus said.
Nile
The Nile River flows from ________ to _________.
Led by powerful and ambitious rulers
Created a large empire
Egyptian civilization flourished
Empire reached as far north as Syria near the Euphrates River
What is the New Kingdom?
A pharaoh at the age of 9
King Tut
What is rich soil left behind after the Nile River floods?
A ______________ is a line of rulers all from one family that rule a country for many years.
This king of Upper Egypt: united the kingdoms around 3,100 B.C., named Memphis the Egyptian capital, and used the Nile as a “highway” to link the north and south.
Who is Menes?
Pyramid Age: The time when the majestic pyramids were built
What is the Old Kingdom?
To construct the pyramids, Egyptians needed to be proficient in engineering and _____________.
What is mathematics?
The organ that was considered useless and dug out with a hook away during the mummification process.
brain
What is the Egyptian process of preserving and preparing a body for the afterlife?
mummification
Who is at the bottom of the social class system in Egypt?
slaves
Power passed from one dynasty, ruling family, to another
Other than a ruler, what did Egyptians view the pharaohs as?
a god
What is the belief in and worship of many gods?
polytheism
The pharaohs were originally buried in these stone tombs
pyramids
From top to bottom, what is the correct order of the social structure of ancient Egypt?
priests
scribes
merchants
farmers
pharaoh
pharaoh, priests, scribes, merchants, farmers
Turbulent period of Egypt plagued by the following:
Rise of the Nile River not as regular
Corruption commonplace
Rebellions commonplace
What is the Middle Kingdom?
Name three things you would likely find in a pharaoh's tomb.
What are a sarcophagus, four canopic jars (vital body parts), wall paintings, food, clothing and jewelry, boats and chariots, oils and ointments, weapons, games, and a curse?