the Egyptian religious and government authority during the Old Kingdom
What is pharaoh
100
a stone tablet covered with Greek letters and Egyptian hieroglyphics
What is The Rosetta Stone
100
the pyramids
What is huge tombs in which pharaohs were buried with their treasures
200
one of the world's first writing materials
What is papyrus
200
the most fertile part of Egypt, a land triangle of sand and soil
What is the Nile Delta
200
Hatshepsut
What is the daughter of Thutmose I, wife of Thutmose II, after whose death she proclaimed herself king and brought peace and prosperity to Egypt, expanded trade and increased building.
200
The Old Kingdom
What is the Egyptian pharaoh held all government and religious authority during 2780 B.C. - 2180 B.C.
200
mummification
What is preservation of a dead human body for the next life by with oil and spices and wrapping it in linen
300
Egyptian mathematics
What is an accurate system of strokes used for numbers
300
it caused Egypt to become the breadbasket of the ancient world but also famines and death were the result of not enough of it
What is the Nile floods
300
Amenhotep III
What is a pharaoh who ruled from 1407 B.C. to 1379 B.C. and encouraged the worship of Amon-Ra as the one god of Egyptians
300
the Social Pyramid
What is Pharaoh over nobles, landowners and priests over skilled workers, merchants, government officials, teachers, artists and scribes over farmers, peasants and slaves
300
Egyptian religious beliefs
What is pharaohs were gods, animals were holy (e.g. bull, cat, crocodile
400
Astronomy
What is a sun calendar based on a year of 12 months with every month having 30 days
400
a major transportation route
What is the Nile river
400
Amenemhet I
What is a powerful noble during the period of the Middle Kingdom and made Thebes the capital of Egypt and restored the power of the pharaoh, under whom the kingdom prospered and arts and literature flourished.
400
The Middle Kingdom
What is Egypt from 2100 B.C. to 1788 B.C. prospered, waged war against Nubia, carried on trade with Kush, Mesopotamia, Syria and Palestine, and carried out mining operations in the Sinai
400
It contains the major ideas and beliefs found in ancient Egyptian religion
What is The Book of the Dead
500
Egyptian Medicine
What is advanced knowledge of healing and preservation of the human body for the life in the next world
500
Decline of the Empire
What is pharaohs were more interested in their own glorification than the wealth of the people, also were more interested in new territory; there was a lack of individual freedom
500
Ikhnaton
What is aka Amenhotep IV, changed the god Amon-Ra to Aton which all Egyptians had to worship. After he died all his reforms did with him.
500
the New Kingdom
What is Egypt from 1580 B.C. to 1090 B.C. a peaceful reign under Hatshepsut, with Thebes as important city, trading increases and the establishing of the Valley of the Kings