Lesson 2
What is theocracy
A government where religious leaders have power
Who ruled before the middle kingdom began
Nobles
What is Hieroglyphics
Egyptian writing system
Who was Piankhi?
Kushnite King
What is the big river located in Egypt?
The Nile River
What is the Ka?
A life force
What was Queen Hatshepsut renowned for?
Expanding Egyptian trade
How was Papyrus made
by pressing layers of reeds together
Where was Aksum located?
Near the Red Sea in northeast Africa
What continents is Egypt located?
Africa
True or False, The way they preserved was called embalming
True
The Old Kingdom ended with what?
Pharohs
What language helped scholars to understand hieroglyphs?
Greek
What was the role of women in the Kushnite society?
They were active and some rose to power
Which countries are around Egypt
Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Libya
True or False, the Egyptians had gods for nothing
False
What was daily life like in Egypt for farmers and peasants?
Bad, they had to do hard labor duty at any time given.
Egyptian painting depict what?
royal events, religious rituals, and daily life
What items did Kush export?
gold, pottery, iron, tools, ivory, and slaves
Name all the bodies of water
Red sea, Nile river, nake Nassar, Gulf of Suez, and Gulf of Aquaba
Which of the three classes was the largest?
Lower
Queen Hatshepsut was actively doing what?
Creating and maintaining new paths for traders.
What determined a persons size in a painting
their place in society
King Ezana invaded and Kush fell
The Sinai Peninsula is located north of what major body of water?
Red sea