geography
____ ______ considered as the longest river in the world
Nile River
The ancient Egyptians mostly practiced ______
polytheism
large stone slab that was used to decode hieroglyphics
Rosetta Stone
system of government ruled by religious leaders
Theocracy
The Egyptians used _____ ___ to grow crops like barley and wheat
fertile soil
Ancient Egypt was located in _______ ______
Northeast Africa
most important leader in ancient Egyptian religion and also the ruler in charge of the entire civilization
pharaoh
study of the body and its organs
An _____ ____ refers to a period of time when Egypt’s government was weak and unstable
intermediate period (I.P.)
African traders brought items to _____, which were then traded by sea to markets around the Indian Ocean
Aksum
A ______ ______ is any physical feature, such as a desert or mountain, that makes travel more difficult within or between civilizations
natural barrier
Pharaoh is a Greek word that translates to _____ _____
"great house"
building that honored a famous female pharaoh in Egyptian history
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
A king named _____ took control of Upper Egypt in the 700s BCE
Kashta
____ was located near deposits of iron ore, so the Kushites were able to make iron tools and weapons that were stronger than the bronze tools made by the Egyptians
Meroë
The Nile starts in the south near the modern-day city of ______ ______
Khartoum, Sudan
The _____ and ____ had a responsibility to observe the law of ma’at in order to please the gods and make life better across Egypt.
pharaoh and priests
Kush developed its own writing system called ____ ___, which included versions written as both an alphabet and hieroglyphics.
Meroitic script
The _____ regained their independence after Egyptian pharaohs lost their power at the end of the New Kingdom
Kushites
New trade routes emerged that passed by Kush and went to the town of Aksum instead, which is located in modern-day ____ and ____
Ethiopia and Eritrea
Complete the sequence
North: Mediterranean Sea
South: Cataracts along the Nile River
East: _____ ____ and _____ ___
West: Western Desert
Eastern Desert and Red Sea
One ruler named ______ caused outrage when he changed Egypt’s official religion to exclusively worship a god called _____, who looked like a sun disk in artwork
Akhenaten and Aten
The Egyptians and Kushites were skilled architects who built several structures including _____, ____ and ____
temples, tombs and pyramids
The Egyptians pushed the ____ out of Egypt
Hyksos
By the mid-300s CE, the Aksumite army destroyed the city of _____ and captured ___
Meroë and Kush