Early Origins of Ancient Egypt
Pre-Dynastic Egypt
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
100
Nabta Playa is possible evidence of this.
What is domestication of cattle.
100
The Brooklyn Knife is an example of what class of burial objects.
What is fancy, portable objects -- symbols of power and authority.
100
These problems in the Old Kingdom caused the 1st Intermediate Period.
What is Environmental stress, and reduction in tax base because of increase in pious estates/political corruption.
100
What famous building did Menuhotep II construct?
What is his tomb at Deir el-Bahri
100
This ruler defeated the Hyksos.
Who is Ahmose I.
200
Jebel Sahaba contains evidence for this.
What is Violence, associated with overcrowding brought on by refugium use of environmental stress/change in the Sahara.
200
The three competing predynastic polities in Ancient Egypt are these.
What is Abydos, Hierakonpolis, Naqada
200
The main legitimizations for kingship in the Old Kingdom include these.
What is mainly religion – sed festival, association with Horus, Ra, and Osiris, sun temples.
200
People gained more access to this in the middle kingdom.
What is religion and ritual (e.g. scarabs, birthing magic, pyramid/coffin texts) -- part of general trend towards decentralization of religion and ritual, as well as writing.
200
The main deities of the Theban triad are these three gods.
Who are Khonsu, Mut, and Amen (Amen-Ra)
300
This culture decorated their pottery to resemble burnished leather.
What is the Badarian.
300
The first temple in Ancient Egypt is found here, in this time period.
What is hierakonpolis in Naqada II
300
Snerefu is known for what?
What is built the first three pyramids .
300
Senusret III did what to stabilize the Middle Kingdom?
What is centralized control by removing nomarchs and replacing them with mayors. He changed government from nomes to three regional divisions (upper, middle and lower)
300
Pyramids in the New Kingdom were constructed using this method.
What is...they weren't (with a few small exceptions like Ahmose).
400
Wavy lined pottery, Ounanian points, and groundstone technology is associated with what time period?
The epi-paleolithic Sahara (or wet sahara).
400
This is a predominant theme in Ancient Egypt ideology and iconography starting in the Naqada period.
What is elite control over the exotic or chaotic wild/nature.
400
These are the components of a pyramid complex.
What is Valley temple, causeway, mortuary temple.
400
This ruler reunified Egypt after the first intermediate period.
What is Menuhotep II
400
Aten sun disk iconographies are primarily found here.
What is Amarna
500
An intensified economic program would have been used at this site dating to the late paleolithic.
What is Jebel Sahaba.
500
Phonetic hieroglyphic writings first appear in this tomb.
What is tomb U-j.
500
These estates are exempt from taxes
What are pious estates
500
The main legitimization(s) for kingship in the Middle Kingdom was primarily this.
What is military success.
500
Hatshepsut was removed from one of these.
What is the king list.
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