Geography of the Nile
What modern day country is Egypt located in?
Egypt
What is the King of Egypt called?
Pharaoh
Who was at the top of the Egyptian social "pyramid"
The pharaoh
Where was Nubia?
South of Egypt, upriver.
What is mummification?
When bodies were put in a desiccant and preserved so they could look the same in the afterlife.
What direction does the Nile flow?
Northward (from the south to the north)
Was Egypt a series of city-states (like Mesopotamia) or unified (all one country)?
Unified
What was the writing system of Ancient Egypt called?
Hieroglyphics
Describe the relationsihp between the Nubians and egyptians
They were rivals, but continued to trade with each other.
What was removed from the body during the mummification process
All organs and the brain
What is the triangle-shaped area of river at the mouth of the Nile called?
Name the three eras of Ancient Egypt. Bonus points -- about how many years ago was this?
New, Middle, and old kingdoms
About 4000 years ago (2000BCE).
What were ancient Egyptians skilled at studying?
The stars and medicine, including surgery
Name two cultures within Nubia
Meroe and Kerma
Were the dead buried in the east or the western desert?
West
Where is the headwaters of the Nile? Where does it empty out?
Lake Victoria -- headwaters
Mediterranean sea -- mouth
What was Amun-Ra the god of?
What was Osiris the God of?
Amun-Ra -- the sun, air, and creation
Osiris -- the afterlife
Who was underneath the pharaoh in the Egyptian social "pyramid"
Priests and advisors
What were the Meroe people known for?
Their work with Iron
How was Mummification "discovered" by ancient egyptians
by noticing that the dead they buried in the dry desert looked similar to when they died.
What two rivers feed into the Nile River?
The Blue Nile and White Nile
Why was King Tut so famous?
Because his grave was one of the few that was not robbed.
What were the people of Kerma known for
Why did ancient Egyptians mummify their dead?
To allow them to be recognizable after death, so Horus could know who was crossing over into the afterlife.