Egyptian Government and Social Classes
This class was the lowest on the social pyramid and had no rights
What are slaves?
The people who would have been pharaohs before they adopted the title officially
What are powerful clan chiefs?
This kingdom was around from 2600 B.C. to 2200 B.C.
What is the Old Kingdom?
This pharaoh governed alongside Thutmose II and continued after his death
Who is Hatshepsut?
This term means an area of low, flat land shaped like a triangle
What is a delta?
This group of government officials oversaw taxation, building new canals, and new buildings projects
What are bureaucrats?
True or False: Egyptian pharaohs were usually male.
What is true?
This kingdom moved its capital from Memphis to Thebes
What is the Middle Kingdom?
This pharaoh introduced a new religion to weaken the power of the priests and gain more power for himself
Who is Amenhotep IV?
This term means a device consisting of a long, pivoted pole with a bucket on one end and a weight on the other
What is a shadoof?
This group was responsible for appeasing the gods through rituals and served as government officials
Who are priests?
The term "pharaoh" meant this originally
What is "great house"?
This group of people brought technologies like war chariots, bronze weapons, and burial practices that Egypt eventually adopted
What are the Hyksos?
This pharaoh reconquered the regions of Canaan and Syria
Who is Ramses II?
This term means type of paper made from papyrus stems that was used in ancient Egypt, Rome, and Greece.
What is papyrus?
Stone masons, pottery makers, and chariot makers belong in this social class
Who are artisans?
The Egyptians believed having a strong pharaoh would keep away these two things
What are war and famine?
This Egyptian Prince defeated the Hyksos and united lower and upper Egypt
Who is Ahmose?
This pharaoh increased trade to ports in Arabia and East Africa
Who is Hatshepsut?
This term means becoming less in quantity, importance, or strength
What is decline?
Compare and contrast a slave in Egypt to that of a farmer
They are both the lowest classes on the social pyramid, but a farmer works his own land and has the rights of a citizen of Egypt. However, the slave has no property or rights.
Three advancements of the New Kingdom
What are...
1) gained control of Nubia to the South and the lands of present-day Syria
2) added thousands of acres of farmalnd and built more irrigation dams and channels
3) had an explosion of art and architecture (massive wall and tomb paintings depicting everyday life)
The reason Hatshepsut's monuments and sarcophagus were defaced(broken)
Her son wanted to show an unbroken line of kings from his father to him to legitimize his power
This term means a substance that is burned for its sweet smell, often as part of a religious ceremony.
What is incense?