Lesson 1
What is cataracts?
This was the top group in the levels of society.
A period of order and stability
What is the Middle Kingdom?
These are symbols that sometimes resemble animals in the Egyptian writing?
What are hieroglyphics?
This army defeated the Kushite Kingdom.
Who is the Assyrian army?
Capital city was located at Nekhen
What is the upper kingdom of Egypt?
specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth
What are mummies?
This is something Egyptian women could do.
What is divorce their husbands?
Tall, four sided pillar pointed at the top.
What is an obelisk?
This kingdom had Christianity as its official religion.
What is the Kindom of Aksum?
barley, duck, and fish
What are three foods eaten by ancient Egyptians?
People of wealth and power
What are the elite?
This person fought the Hittites
Gold jewelry, carved ivory, and brightly colored scenes. (Where are these found?)
This was the first woman to rule Kush.
Who is Queen Shanakh-dakheto?
This is the type of crown the king of Upper Egypt wore.
What is a cone-shaped white crown?
This was how Egyptian construction workers were paid for their labor.
What is in grain or other food items?
This Egyptian ruler drove the Hyksos out of Egypt.
Who is Ahmose?
This was ancient Egypt's largest temple.
What is the temple of Karnak?
King Ezana
Who is the powerful ruler of Aksum?
This is who some think was the first pharaoh of Egypt.
500 year period in Egyptian history from 2700 to 2200 BC.
What is the Old Kingdom?
Hittites, Hyksos, and Tehenu.
What are the groups that Egyptians fought during the New Kingdom period?
Rosetta Stone.
What is the stone that helped scholars decipher hieroglyphics?
Queen Shanakh-dakheto
Who is the first woman that historians believe ruled Kush?