Geography
Ancient Egypt was located here.
Northeast Africa
The principle of harmony and balance that the Ancient Egyptians believed in.
What is ma'at?
The Egyptian term for the king.
What is a pharaoh?
To trade one thing for another rather than to utilize money.
What is barter?
The last Ptolemaic pharaoh before Egypt became a part of the Roman Empire.
Who was Cleopatra?
Ancient Egypt centered on either side of this.
What is the Nile River?
The belief that life on Earth was just one step in an eternal journey.
What is continuance?
A period of increased productivity, art, literature, and trade with a strong central government.
What is a golden age?
The creation of baskets, boats, and especially paper depended upon this plant.
What is papyrus?
A general of Alexander the Great who took control of Egypt upon Alexander's death.
Who was Ptolemy I?
Ancient Egypt had these to both the east and the west.
What are deserts?
The hearts of the dead would be weighed against this object.
What is the White Feather of Truth?
A period of instability and ineffective government in Ancient Egypt.
What is an intermediate period?
The shepherding of animals and the growing of plants to provide food and other resources.
What is agriculture?
A Macedonian (Greek) who conquered much of the Mediterranean world, including Egypt.
Who was Alexander the Great?
The fertile soil deposited where a river meets the sea.
What is a delta?
This type of Ancient Egyptian artifacts were found with the dead and their grave sites.
What is funerary?
They ruled Ancient Egypt before the pharaohs, and we do not know much about them.
Who were the Scorpion Kings?
The selling of surplus resources to another nation or region.
What is export?
Ancient Egypt first fell to these invaders from Mesopotamia.
Who were the Assyrians?
This sea was the northern border of Ancient Egypt.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This Ancient Egyptian god was the Lord of the Dead, and judged the souls that came before him.
Who is Osiris?
When the king rules by a mandate from the gods.
What is a theocratic monarchy?
The division of society into differing social group levels and power structures, such as kings, priests, peasants, and slaves.
What is hierarchy?
After the Assyrians, and before Alexander the Great, they conquered Egypt and turned it into a satrapy.
Who were the Persians?