Geography
This area of Egypt surrounded regions like the Nile Delta and cities
What are the Black Lands?
Lowest class in Egyptian society
Who are the peasants and servants?
The pyramids were built during this time period
What is the Old Kingdom?
United Upper and Lower Egypt
Who is Narmer or Menes?
Pyramids were built as tombs for these specific people in Ancient Egypt.
Who are Pharaohs?
This region of Egypt was higher in elevation.
What is Upper Egypt?
People who worked in construction or making items for markets and trading
Who are merchants and crafts people?
When the Hyksos invaded Egypt
What is the Middle Kingdom?
Didn't do anything while pharaoh, but had the most well preserved tomb.
Who is Tutankhamen or King Tut?
What is Giza?
The dangerous area around Egypt
What are the Red Lands?
The title given to the highest ruler of Egypt that meant "great house"
What is Pharaoh?
Pharaohs during this time period took a more active role in the lives of their people and acted as a provider instead of a ruler.
What is the Middle Kingdom?
She loved trading with other civilizations more than fighting wars with them.
Who is Hatshepsut?
The location where many pharaohs were buried after pyramids were no longer built.
Where is the Valley of the Kings?
This region conquered another part of Egypt to create the civilization we study today, and it also contained the Nile Delta.
Where is Lower Egypt?
A person who wrote documents for courts, temples, or palaces in hieratic script and/or hieroglyphics
Who are scribes?
When the Hyksos were kicked out of Egypt
What is the New Kingdom?
Repaired the Sphinx and other monuments as well as built Karnak.
Ramses II or Ramses the Great
The shiny material used to cover the pyramids when completed.
What is limestone?
Capital city of Ancient Egypt
What is Thebes?
This person was an advisor to the Pharaoh and helped run the government bureaucracy.
What is the vizier?
This time period saw an increase in art, literature, and architecture.
What is the New Kingdom?
Hatshepsut's nephew
Thutmose III
The pharaoh who the Great Pyramid was built for, which for thousands of years was the tallest man-made structure in existance.
Who is Khufu?