The Book of the Dead
During this period Egypt was the most powerful and prosperous.
What is the New Kingdom?
Because there was less land to farm in Kush than in Egypt, Kushites were more motivated to do this.
What is trade?
To construct pyramids, the Egyptians needed to be proficient in engineering and this subject.
What is mathematics?
Egyptians believed that they needed to preserve their bodies in the afterlife to overcome this.
What is death?
This falcon-headed god was the son of Isis and Osirus.
Who is Horus?
The soil of the Nile River Valley is best characterized in this way.
What is fertile?
Two possible consequences, such as the yield of grain crops would decrease and not having enough food would cause people to go hungry would be a result of this.
What is drought?
Rulers used the grain surpluses to encourage people into this occupation so others could buy goods such as cloth, jewelry, and luxury goods.
What is artisans?
Ideas spread from Egypt to other lands through the buying and selling of goods and services.
What is commerce?
This goddess was worshipped as a lioness or a wild cat but was also represented by the domestic house cat.
Who is Bast or Bastet?
The invention of one of the world's first alphabets and the development of Africa's first ironworking center are major accomplishments of this group.
Who are the Kushites?
Pharaohs were considered human gods on Earth, and therefore powerful, and in this Egyptian gods form.
Who is Horus?
The geography of ancient Egypt included vast desert areas of burning sands known as this "Evil" color of land.
What is the Red Land?
This new capital of Kush had the advantage of being located near iron deposits and trade routes.
What is Meroe?
This god of storms and the desert was usually represented as an animal whose species could not be identified by modern Egyptologists or zoologists.
Who is Seth?
Pharaohs, Priests, Scribes, Merchants, and Farmers would be the correct order from top to bottom of this kind of structure in Ancient Egypt.
What is social?
Kushites adopted many of the elements of Egyptian culture due to this with Egypt.
What is trade?
This powerful kingdom provided a trading link between Africa south of the Sahara and Egypt.
What is Kush?
This group performed these tasks for the Pharaoh as collecting taxes from farmers and distributing surpluses to officials, priests, and merchants.
What is the Egypt's Bureaucracy?
This god is credited with inventing writing.
Who is Thoth?
This is a guide to the afterlife for the souls of the dead and a well-known piece of Ancient Egyptian literature.
What is the Book of the Dead?
An easier way to provide the dead with many elements they needed for the afterlife, was to do this inside the tomb.
What is a painting?
In ancient Egypt, those responsible for using heiroglyphics to record important information and maintain records were called this.
What are scribes?
This important ruler increased Egypt's wealth by expanding trade during her reign as pharaoh.
Who is Hatshepsut?
This evil snake god gave his name in 2005 to an asteroid that was briefly believed to be on a possible collision course with Earth.
Who is Apophis?