The Three Kingdoms
This era began in 2686 BCE and is famous for the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
◦ Answer: What is the Old Kingdom?
This "Great" leader ruled for over sixty years and built the temple of Abu Simbel.
◦ Answer: Who is Ramesses the Great?
This was the first capital of Kush, established around 2400 BCE in Nubia.
◦ Answer: What is Kerma?
This statue at Giza features the head of a king and the body of a lion.
◦ Answer: What is the Great Sphinx?
These invaders from Southwest Asia used bronze weapons and chariots to conquer Egypt at the end of the Middle Kingdom.
◦ Answer: Who are the Hyksos?
This era began after Mentuhotep II ended a civil war and reunified Upper and Lower Egypt.
◦ Answer: What is the Middle Kingdom?
He is famous today because his tomb was discovered full of gold and other valuables.
◦ Answer: Who is Tutankhamun (King Tut)?
Because of their archery skills, the Egyptians gave Kush this nickname.
◦ Answer: What is the "Land of the Bow"?
This pyramid was built for Pharaoh Khufu using 2.3 million limestone blocks.
◦ Answer: What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
During the Middle Kingdom, the Egyptian government created its first one of these to conquer Kush and its gold.
◦ Answer: What is a full-time army?
During this era, Egypt became an empire by conquering the eastern Mediterranean coast and Kush. Hint: the time of King Tut.
◦ Answer: What is the New Kingdom?
This female ruler authorized several building projects and increased Egypt's wealth through trade.
◦ Answer: Who is Hatshepsut?
After Napata was destroyed, this city became the final capital of Kush.
◦ Answer: What is Meroë?
This fine pottery was created by the Kushites by hand, without using a potter's wheel.
◦ Answer: What is the Kerma Beaker?
This empire eventually pushed the Kushites out of Egypt and back toward their homeland.
Hint : Look under Napata
◦ Answer: What is the Assyrian Empire?
This kingdom ended in 2181 BCE after low Nile floods caused starvation and regional governors turned against the pharaohs. Hint: the Time of Pyramids.
◦ Answer: What is the Old Kingdom?
This king is credited with first uniting Upper and Lower Egypt to form one kingdom.
◦ Answer: Who is King Menes?
The Kushites at Meroë established the first of these industries in Africa.
◦ Answer: What is the iron industry?
This iconic temple complex was built for the god Amun during the Middle Kingdom.
◦ Answer: What is Karnak?
The land around Meroë was rich in these two natural resources, which allowed for the production of iron.
◦ Answer: What are forests and iron ore deposits
This era ended because the priests of Thebes gained more political power and wealth than the pharaohs.
Hint: Hatshesput's time.
◦ Answer: What is the New Kingdom?
This Kushite king conquered all of Egypt and ruled a united kingdom for about 100 years.
Hint: look under the Kush time.
◦ Answer: Who is King Piye?
This is the name of the specific writing system created by the Kushites after they stopped using hieroglyphics.
◦ Answer: What is the Meroitic script?
Even after moving their capital to Meroë, the Kushites built over 200 of these structures, influenced by Egyptian culture.
◦ Answer: What are pyramids?
This process, along with social hierarchies, became a central part of Egyptian culture by the start of the Old Kingdom. Hint: Priests conduct this procedure with strips of cloth.
◦ Answer: What is mummification?