VOCAB
RELIGION
RULERS
KINGDOMS
POTPOURRI
100
the area at the mouth of a river where is spreads out in a triangle shape
What is a delta?
100
belief in a god for almost everything in a person's life
What is polytheism?
100
became queen after seizing power after Thutmose II
Who was Queen Hatshepsut?
100
built pyramids during this period
What is the Old Kingdom?
100
key to figuring out how to decipher hieroglypics
What is the Rosetta Stone?
200
a tall, thin stone monument
What is an obelisk?
200
protection from decay after death
What is embalming?
200
Built a temple of himself at Abu Simbal
Who was King Ramses II?
200
invented irrigation and hieroglyphics
What are the kingdoms before the Old Kingdom?
200
location of drinks, food, mummies of pets, jewelry
What is a tomb?
300
Menes, his son and his grandson
What is a dynasty?
300
1. god of the dead AND 2. his helper (with the jackal head)
Who are Osiris & Anubis?
300
ordered the first pyramid to be built
Who was King Zoser?
300
Stronger achievements in literature and the arts
What is the Middle Kingdom?
300
source of irrigation, food, transportation
What is the Nile River?
400
the purpose of a pyramid made for a king
What is a tomb for his burial & afterlife?
400
Ra or Amon Ra
Who was the king of the gods in ancient Egypt?
400
made Egypt stronger on the inside through peace, trade & economic growth
Who was Queen Hatshepsut?
400
Kush conquered Egypt & then Assyria conquered Egypt
What are the kingdoms after New Kingdom?
400
Egyptians believed human thought and soul were located here
What is the heart?
500
a gift to a pharaoh to show respect
What is a tribute?
500
All art (jewelry, painting, carving) made in honor of these
Who are the gods?
500
Expanded Egypt's empire through military conquest
Who was Thutmose III?
500
Increased the size of ancient Egypt to make an empire
What is the New Kingdom?
500
the hair was in a ponytail on the side of an otherwise shaved head
What was a sidelock?
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