Land
Government A
Government B
Government C
Writing and Beliefs
100
Where did civilization start in Egypt?
Nile River
100
What were the Egyptian rulers/kings called?
pharaohs
100
What caused the downfall of the Old Kingdom?
floods, power struggles, crop failures, cost of the pyramids
100
Who was the most powerful pharaoh of the New Kingdom?
Ramses II
100
What makes the discovery of Rosetta Stone significant to Egyptian history?
archeologists and historians to understand Egyptian remains
200
Which region stretched from the first cataract, or waterfall, of the Nile northward to within 100 miles of the Mediterranean?
Upper Egypt
200
Who acts as the chief minister to supervise the business of government?
vizier
200
Why was the Middle Kingdom described a turbulent period?
Nile – did not rise regularly Corruption and rebellions
200
How did Ramses II boast his conquests?
Inscriptions carved on monument
200
Who was Jean Champollion?
managed to decode Rosetta Stone
300
Who unified the lands of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt?
Menes (Narmer)
300
How did the king legitimize his authority?
divine king (a living god incarnate in the king)
300
How did the arrival of foreigners cause disorder during the Middle Kingdom?
As their numbers increased, they settled in increasingly large communities and their leaders became kings in their own rights. The power of these foreigners grew as rapidly as their numbers until the power of the Egyptian monarch fell into oblivion.
300
How did the Egyptians and Hittites settle their conflict?
peace treaty
300
Why did the Egyptians preserve the bodies of the dead?
What is to give a soul use of its body in the afterlife
400
What symbols were used to unify the two lands?
crowns; White Upper Egypt, Red –Lowed Egypt
400
Why was the Old kingdom (2650-2134) considered the richest and most creative period in Egyptian history?
All the pyramids were built at this time. The growth in population and wealth allowed the kings to apportion vast amounts of labor and materials to these monuments to themselves.
400
Who were the Hyksos?
Foreigners to have adopted Egyptian manners, laws, and theories of monarchy 500 pts.
400
How did the Nubians rule Egypt?
built a civilization on the model of the Egyptians and had maintained Egyptian values and culture with a high degree of conservatism
400
What makes the Book of the Dead significant to Egyptians?
Everyone in ancient Egypt wanted to safely reach the afterlife. They believed the afterlife was a real place, and they believed magical spells would help them get there.
500
What makes the unification of the two lands significant to history?
centralized authority (building projects, irrigation, regulate trade, increase wealth)
500
What does the pyramid represent as a monument? as a geometry? as a tomb?
MONUMENT inherent power of the king. GEOMETRY order, balance, and rationality of the universe and its incarnation in the king himself TOMBS life after death available to the king as living god
500
What was the greatest achievement of Hatshepsut (1503 BC to 1482 BC)?
encouraged trade with eastern Mediterranean lands and along coast of Africa
500
Which group of people from Mesopotamia conquered Egypt?
Assyrians and Persians
500
What scripts (3) were used by Egyptians in the Rosetta Stone?
Hieroglyphic - important/religious document Demotic - common script Greek - language of the rulers
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