Geography
The Nile River is surrounded by this geological feature that protected them from outside invasions for a long time.
desert
extreme lack of food that is available
famine
"Boy King" whose most famous for his tomb never being robbed and found in 1922. The tomb showed the power, wealth and splendor of ancient Egypt.
King Tut or Tutakhamun
the earliest of the kingdoms, when Pharaoh Menes, joined Upper and Lower Egypt into a single centralized monarchy
Old Kingdom
It means a belief in many gods.
polytheism
The continent that Egypt is located.
Africa
a person who writes or records - Thoth is their god
scribe
She was the first female king: she dressed like a man so that her power would be accepted; her son was Thutmose, who destroyed most of her monuments.
Hatshepsut
the kingdom of the Egyptian Empire with the greatest of pharaohs
New kingdom
god of chaos, evil, war, hostility and confusion
Set or Seth
The area of the Nile River closest to the Mediterranean Sea. This area is triangular shaped and has the most fertile land.
Nile Delta
serious lack of rain, which will often lead to famine due to bad harvests
drought
He made Egypt monotheistic (worship Sun god) and famous for having art be more realistic. He had a great love affair with his wife Nefertiti
Akhenaton
kingdom that buried their pharaohs inside pyramids
old kingdom
God of the Afterlife who judges the dead.
Osiris
The southern part of Egypt from where the Nile River is closest to the mountains, what is it called?
Upper Egypt
Egyptians wrote on paper made from these type of reeds, which grow along the Nile River
papyrus
He signed the world's first peace treaty with the Hittites and returned with wheels and chariots. He had MANY kids.
Ramses the Great
kingdom that was a time of artistic achievements: art took on new styles and techniques, like the block style. Irrigation projects at the Faiyum, a large oasis on the west bank of the Nile in Lower Egypt, increased harvests.
middle kingdom
Sun god: king of the gods. He is shown with an ankh and with a falcon head. The pharaoh is his earthly body
Ra
Sea that the Nile River flows into
Mediterranean Sea
another name for god
diety
She was the last monarch of ancient Egypt. She kept Egypt free from Roman rule and rich through trade. She had a son with the great General Julius Caesar and a great love affair with a co-Roman ruler Mark Anthony. They committed suicide rather than be captured.
Cleopatra
kingdom that moves the capitol from Memphis to Thebes, near the Temple of Luxor
New Kingdom
Anubis, god of the dead, weighs this body part to see if it weighs more than a feather. If it is found to be as light or lighter than a feather, than the person could go on to afterlife.
heart
Sea that is east of Egypt and separates Africa from the Arabian Peninsula or Asia
Red Sea
to bring water from where it is, to where it is needed. The ancient Egyptians dug small trenches to bring water to their fields.
irrigation
the first pharaohs built their pyramids in this place near Cairo today
Giza
kingdom that lasted the longest
New Kingdom at approximately 500 years
the pharaoh was the human form of this god
Horus