Early Egypt I
What are the three Ancient Egyptian Kingdoms called?
Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom
In what year did what leader unite Egypt when he gained control of both Upper and Lower Egypt?
3100 BCE and Narmer or Menes
What represents Egypt?
The Great Sphinx and The Pyramid of Khafre.
How did the kings re-unify the Middle Kingdome, Egypt?
By maintaining well trained standing armies and building fortifications.
What did King Tut do during his reign?
What is virtually nothing?
About when did widespread settlements begin in Ancient Egypt?
Abut 6000 BCE
Which pharaoh was potrayed as Horus, a god of lower Egypt?
Narmer
Who were the Elites?
The wealthy and powerful.
What did the Hyksos do to Egypt?
The Hyksos imposed their own political rulers and brought many culture and technological innovation.
People who expanded the borders north and west
Who is Seti l and Ramses ll
What are the three seasons in Ancient Egypt?
Flooding, Growth and Harvest
What was hieroglyphics?
a form of writing that used images to express sounds and meanings.
What is a Mastaba?
A tropical gravemarker (a pyramid that is flat and lower to the ground).
Was this the most prosperous time?
Yes, it was.
Reason for Akhnaten changing religion?
What is gaining more power?
Why was the annual flooding vital to the agriculture in Ancient Egypt?
It deposited a layer of silt, a nutrient rich soil.
What is the description of hieroglyphics from the new kingdom based on the example of new kind of hieroglyphics.
four vertical columns of colorfully painted hieroglyphics on a white backround depict birds, eyes, a crab, and pottery, among other images.
Ebony, incense, gold, copper, and lebanese cedar and used for important construction projects.
What did Hatshepsut create?
Trade networks, commissioned a lot of construction projects, and made a temple in Deir-el-Bhri.
Reason for King Tut's Fame?
What is intact tomb?
What contributed to the decline of Egyptian political unity at the end of both the Old and the Middle Kingdoms
Shortage of food supplies and periods of drought
irragation practices consisted of building what, as said in the paraghraghs
mud levees
What did the Old Kingdom rulers do?
Built first pyramids, which were both tombs and monuments for the kings who had them built.
Where was Hatshepsut temple located?
The base of a rock formation.
Monotheism definition
What is belief in a single god?