Old, Middle, New
There were 31 of these, lasting around 2,800 years.
What are dynasties?
Phoenicians were the first to use this
What is an alphabet?
Tell me more- 2 important details- for 100 extra points.
Chosen by wealthy and ordinary Egyptians for their desirable characteristics
What are animals/pets?
100 more points if you can give three examples of pets and their characteristic.
A pharaoh of the New Kingdom who was more interested in trade than conquest
Who was Hatshepsut?
Dependable and regular, and not feared as in Ancient Mesopotamia
What are floods?
This kingdom was a golden age of peace, prosperity and advances in the arts and architecture.
What is the Middle Kingdom?
Believed to be the "seat of the soul"
What is the heart?
soul= memory, emotion, intelligence
Most of this work was done by farmers during the seasonal floods
What is building pyramids?
Made from a mixture of soot and minerals, Egyptians believed this would help cure disease and provide protection from unhappy fates
What is green and black eye makeup?
This civilization arose along the Nile river in northeastern Africa
What is the Egyptian civilization?
Invaders of Western Asia who put an end to the Middle Kingdom.
Who were the Hykksos?
(crossed the desert in horse drawn chariots, used bronze and iron weapons instead of Egypts stone and iron weapons)
The three major Gods and/or Goddesses of life and death
Who are Anubis, Ra and Osiris?
Appointed to control trade and collect tax payments of grain from farmers
Who were officials?
Under this ruler Egypt regained territory and built great temples.
Who is Ramses II?
The area during the Middle Kingdom that Egypt conquered and expanded into (two words)
What is Lower Nubia?
After Persian invasion, then a final Roman invasion, Egypt's empire came to an end around this time
What is 30 BCE?
This empire adopted Egyptian ways and and for a short time took control of Egypt. They also learned the making of iron from the Assyrians.
What is Kush?
Used to design huge structures like the Great Pyramid of Giza with amazing geometrical accuracy.
What is measurement math?
This pharaoh reformed the Egyptian religion by denouncing polytheism and demanding all worship the one God, Aton.
Who is Akenaton?
This area far South along the Nile was settled by cattle herders arriving around 2000 BCE
What is Nubia or Kush?
Under the leadership of this group, study of the past and a return to artistic standards of the Old Kingdom occurred
What is Nubian Pharaohs?
The approximate time span (in years) of the Egyptian Empire?
What is 3,000 years?
Innovation in mathematics used to build the pyramids and that is used everyday presently.
What is Base 10? (and fractions!)
The Egyptian civilization is sometimes called this
What is the "Gift of the Nile".
The area that expanded trade between other civilizations
What is the Mediterranean Sea?