CULTURE
What where hieroglyphics?
Hieroglyphics, meaning " sacred carving" where used for record keeping and also used as displays dedicated for royalty and deities
Who was King Tut?
He was a young Pharoh who ruled Ancient Egypt for 10 years. And died at age 19 from Malaria.
How long did it take for Pyramids to be built?
Around 20 years, with 100,00 men
What did they transport goods over?
The Nile river, and trade routes on land.
How was the Nile River helpful for the farmers?
It provided a source of irragation to transform the dry area around it into fertile land
Why did ancient egyptians preserve dead people as mummies?
They belived that a dead person's spirt needed food and a body to live in.
King ________ was one of the longest lasting pharoah in Eyption history.
Ramses ll
What purpose did the pyramids serve?
They were build as tombs for rulers to lead them into the after life
How did the Egyptians use the Nile for trade?
They used boats to get from place to place carrying goods to trade with
What were three words the Egyptians used to describe the Nile River?
regular, nagivable, and benign
Ancient Egyptians worshipped ____ and were the first society to _______ them.
Cats, Domesticate
What does the word "Pharoh" stand for?
Great house
Some shapes in Ancient Egypt were sacred, what were some of them?
What were the most important things that the Egyptions traded?
Egyotion Beer, wine, food, and manufactured goods for myrrh trees, incense, eboney, ivory, lepord skins, and monkeys
What is a shaduf and what was it used for?
A long pole with a bucket on one end and a weight on the other. It was used to effortlessly lift water to their feilds.
How were mummies made? (be specific)
The body was dried out over a long period using salt, then wrapped in resin-coated linen Finally, a mask was fitted, the mummy placed in a sarcophagus/coffin and prepared for final burial rites.
What year did Howard Carter find the tomb of King Tutankhamen/ Tut? And is he still in his tomb?
1922. He is still in his tomb on display
How many square feet did the Great Pyramid of Khufu cover and how tall was it.
571,158 square feet, 481 ft tall.
Under which pharoh did trade happen the most?
Hatshepsut
What city was founded from the satelite sensings?
Tanis
Why did Egyptyians use make up?
to protect them from the harsh sun and because they belived it helped represent the gods.
Why did Cleopatra become a ruler?
After her father, Ptolemy XII, and Cleopatra's brother, Ptolemy Xlll, died she became ruler to power upon her brother's death
What did the egyptians use to build pyrimads?
Line grids, mathematics, and the golden ratio
Why did Hatshepsut influence and flourish trade unlike the other pharaohs who fought wars a lot.
Hatshepsut traded for the resources that Egypt's land could not produce.
What was the empire of Kush's capitol?
Napata