Geography
Old Kingdom
Middle and New Kingdom
Society
Kush
100
Where is Egpyt
A
100
What is the belief in many gods?
Polytheism
100
Why would Egypt be considered an empire during parts of the New Kingdom?
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100
Who was often wealthy and responsible for recording history
scribes
100
How would someone visiting Kush during the Egyptian invasion tell the difference between a Kushite and an Egyptian?
They were different Ethnicities. People from Kush resembled sub-saharan peoples, people from Egpyt were Ethnically more similar to the peoples from the fertile crescent.
200
What area is known as the most fertile area of Egpyt?
The Delta
200
Because it required a lot of wealth only the ____________________ could afford to have their bodies mummified.
Elite
200
Who battled the Egyptians as they built their empire in the fertile crescent, then made a peace agreement with them?
the Hittites
200
What process is mummification an example of?
Embalming
200
What three things caused Kush's decline?
Climate change making the region more arid
Attacks from neighboring Aksom
Changing trade routes from overland to the sea.
300
What are 3 reasons for civilization growing along the Nile?
Seasonal flooding bring fertile soil
Isolation
Regular supply of water and access to food
300
Put these positions in order with the first being the most powerful.
Scribes and Craftspeople
Slaves/Peasants
Pharaoh
Nobles
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300
Who invaded Egpyt during the Middle Kingdom, conquering lower Egpyt.
The Hyksos.
300
The Egyptians believed that their ____________ or life force would require mummification. However it would still be tied to the ______________.
Ka ---- Body
300
What was Shabaka's accomplishment?
Named himself Pharoah and started the 25th dynasty.
400
Where did Kush develop?
Along the Nile, South of the fourth Cataracts, In a region known as Nubia
400
To someone from the old kingdom, what was a pyramid?
a tomb for the pharoah
400
What did Queen Hatshepsut do to grow the wealth of ancient Egypt?
Established trade to distant regions of Egpyt's empire
400
What allowed for the translation of Egyptian Hieroglyphics
The Rosetta Stone.
400
Where did Piankhi conquer?
Egypt
500
What resource was found along the banks of the Nile aided in mummification?
NATRON
500
Due to their beliefs in the afterlife, which bank of the river were burials performed on?
west
500
What caused the fall of the New Kingdom?
A series of foreign invasions.
500
What three languages were on the Rosetta Stone?
Greek, Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Demotic
500
Why did Kush establish their capital at Monroe? (Provide Examples)
Resources
- timber, gold, along a trade route