Government
Rulers of Egypt
Pharaohs
The direction that the Nile river flows
North
Soldier of this army discovered the Rosetta Stone in 1799.
Napoleon's army (or the French Army)
Who invaded Egypt first, the Greeks or the Hyksos?
the Hyksos were the first foreigners to invade Egypt.
A strong metal covering that protects the body
armor
Where were leaders buried during the Old Kingdom
In Pyramids
What is the swampy and fertile marshland where the Nile empties into the sea called?
the Delta
Who was Jean François Champollion?
The French linguist who deciphered the Rosetta Stone.
Why were the Hyksos able to conquer the Egyptians?
The Hyksos had better military technology: war chariots, bronze and iron weapons and armor.
to wrap a dead body in strips of cloth to keep it from decaying
to mummify
Where were leaders buried during the Middle Kingdom?
In tombs cut into cliffs
In summer, the winds in Egypt blow towards what direction?
the south
Where is the Rosetta Stone today?
In London (in the British Museum)
Name one thing that the Egyptians learned from the Hyksos?
The learned how to make more refined bronze and iron weapons, use chariots, make armor and how to weave.
fighting between people within their own country
civil war
This object symbolized the unification of upper and lower Egypt
the double crown
What two deserts protected the Egyptians from invaders?
the Western (or Libyan or Sahara) desert and the Eastern Desert
What two languages are found on the Rosetta Stone?
No one is certain where the Hyksos came from. One theory says that they came from ________.
Canaan
to bring together as one
to unify
What direction is upper Egypt from lower Egypt?
Upper Egypt is south of Lower Egypt
What are the three different scripts carved on the Rosetta Stone?
Hieroglyphics
Demotic Script
Greek
Who were the Hyksos?
the first foreign invaders of Egypt
having more than enough
abundant