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What is a savanna?
Who was Imhotep?
Was the first great engineer to build pyramids.
Who was Re?
The Egyptian sun God
What is textile?
woven cloth
How were the flooding of the Nile and the Mesopotamian rivers different?
The Nile had predictable floods
The _____ was a natural barrier that protected Egypt from the north.
Delta marshes stopped invaders who sailed from the Mediterranean Sea
What significant thing did Ahmose do?
He drove out the Hyksos out of Egypt
What kind of government is a theocracy?
A government in which the same person is both the political and religious leader.
What was the name of the capital city during the Old Kingdom?
Memphis
Why was the city of Meroë different than typical Egyptian cities?
It contained iron furnaces.
Thebes was the capital city of Egypt during the ______ kingdom (old, middle, new)
middle
What were two crucial Egyptian gods?
Re (sun god) and Hapi (river god)
What significant thing did Pharaoh Narmer do?
Unite Upper and Lower Egypt
What unique rights did Egyptian women have?
The right to obtain divorce
Who could enjoy the afterlife? (3 answers)
pharaoh, Egyptians, pets
What was the job of an envoy?
To represent their country and to work together with another country to reach common goals.
What significant thing did the pharaoh Amenhotep IV do?
create a new religion, based on deity Aton
What are the different social classes, in order descending?
1. pharaoh
2. priests and nobles
3. traders, artisans, shopkeepers, and scribes
4. farmers and herders
5. unskilled workers
The Great Pyramid of Giza was built for king _______.
Khufu
How did the Egyptian empire decline?
Pharaohs fought costly wars. Armies attacked them and they lost control of most of the Nile.
How did the Assyrians defeat the Kushites?
In the city of Meroë merchants conducted trade. What were 2 items they traded?
leopard skins, valuable wood, enslaved workers, and iron products
How did the Egyptian empire decline?
Pharaohs fought costly wars. Armies attacked them and they lost control of most of the Nile.
How did Egyptians find north?
They studied the skies and developed an understanding of astronomy.
Who overtook the kingdom of Kush?
Axum