An Eye for an Eye
What was the first Empire?
The Akkadians
Who was king of the Egyptians?
the Pharaoh
What did Akhenaten do to become the most unpopular Pharaoh?
Changed the religion to monotheism
Which period was known as the first "break up" of a formerly unified Egypt?
First Intermediate Period
If you have "the great" after your name, what did you probably do?
conqueror
Who Started the first empire?
Sargon the Great
What was the purpose of the pyramids?
Assist the pharaohs in getting to the afterlife
What was the role of the pharaoh?
God-king, intermediate to the gods, ruler
known as the "Age of the Pyramids"
the Old Kingdom
This period was known for stability and for Osiris replacing Ra as the favorite god
the Middle Kingdom
Where was the first kingdom started?
Mesopotamia
Why was pharaoh Hatshepsut so well liked by the lower classes?
She governed well and built many public works
Who was the most well studied and accomplished pharaoh in the New Kingdom?
Ramses II
Known as the golden age of Egypt with military campaigns and open trade networks
The New Kingdom
What empire conquered Egypt after the Ptolemys?
Rome
What group of people benefitted the most from the Babylonian legal system?
upper class men
What was the name of the flat-roofed, predynastic burial tombs?
Mastaba
Who was the first Ptolemaic pharaoh to learn Egyptian?
Cleopatra
3rd Intermediate Kingdom
What was Egyptian Writing called?
Hieroglyphics
Hammurabi
What role did hieroglyphics play in the Egyptian's afterlife?
It told them how to get to the underworld
What were the group of 9 main Egyptian gods called?
Ennead
Which period is known as the only period where two separate dynasties ruled at the same time?
2nd Intermediate Kingdom
The period named after the Macedonian general under Alexander the Great
Ptolemaic Egypt