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What was the main problem with pharaohs that we discussed in class?
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The body of water located east of the Nile River
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The Red Sea
The location in Egypt where the flooding happens and the silt is left.
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The Nile Rive Delta
The area of the that includes both the Nile River Delta and the travelable part of the river to the south.
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Nile River Valley
What is the source of the Nile River? What direction does it flow? What body of water does it empty out into? What continent is in located in?
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Lake Victoria, North, Mediterranean Sea, Africa.
The Old Kingdom was call this Age. What was main reason they were constructed.
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The Pyramid Age. They were tombs for pharaohs and their queens.
What are hieroglyphics? What were they based on? What did they include?
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Ancient Egyptian writing. Based on Sumerian Cuneiform writing. Pictographs and alphabetic elements
The difference of the flooding in Egypt compared to Mesopotamia. What were they able to create because of this?
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Predictability. A calendar.
What are cataracts and what were they responsible for?
15 X
Rock formations found throughout the river that create rapid conditions and make the river impassable at spots
Who ordered the building of a pyramid? How long did it take? Who was thought to have built them? How were many of them payed?
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a pharaoh, about 20 years, captured slaves (4th tier citizens), many were payed with food
The dates of the Old Kingdom. How many years between the Old Kingdom and the Middle Kingdom?
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2700 - 2200
150 years
Dates of the Middle Kingdom. How many years between the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom?
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2050 - 1800
250 Years
Dates of the New Kingdom.
How far did the New Kingdom expand?
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1550 - 1100
It expanded to the Euphrates River. (Mesopotamia)
Why do the dates at the end of each kingdom stagger for a number of years before beginning the next one?
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It takes time to rebuild and restore stability and prosperity.
How did the Middle Kingdom End? What odd thing happened with this?
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They were taken over by the Hyksos. They adopted their cultures and beliefs instead of making their own rule.
What was a vizier?
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Chief minister who controlled day-to-day government.
The difference between Upper and Lower Egypt. Where is each located?
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Elevation. Upper is located more to South and Lower is located more to the north.
Name the 4 ways that Egypt was protected from invaders?
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E and W - deserts on both sides
N and S - Impassable (Nile) River on both ends
Explain the end of the Old Kingdom in 3 details.
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1. Drought was the main problem. It led to crop failure and food shortages. 2. There was fighting among themselves. 3. The high cost of pyramids.
The New Kingdom created this first ever of its kind with who after they expanded into Asia.
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Peace Treaty with the Hittite Empire
What was Hatshepsut known most for?
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Increasing trade
Who was the most powerful pharaoh? Give 2 facts about him.
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Ramses ll. Ruled for 67 years, defeated the Hittites
What was the importance of King Tut? Was it easy to find a pharaoh's tomb in a pyramid? Was his tomb found in a pyramid? (*Bonus) What was the location of his tomb?
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The condition that his tomb was found in was the main importance. It was not easy to find a tomb because they were well hidden from tomb raiders with secret passages and dead ends. His tomb was not found in a pyramid. Valley of the Kings.
What was Amonhotep IV most know for and with whom?
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He was the first to adopt the idea of marriage and he was married to Nefertiti
How did the Middle Kingdom increase prosperity? With whom did they do this (people south of them)? What 2 things eventually happened?
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Trade. With the Nubians. They combined the cultures and became friends. Then the Egyptian army took over Nubia.