Geography & Unification
Which way did the Nile River flow?
Which land/region did Egypt conquer and seize new territory continually?
Nubia
Who was at the top and the bottom of the social hierarchy?
Bottom: Slaves
Who was the first female pharaoh?
Queen Hatshepsut
What town did French forces go to defend a fort in Egypt?
Rosetta (or Rashid)
Name 2 things that the Nile River provided the Egyptians.
Food, Water, Transportation, Trade, Resources, Agriculture/crops
What type of government do the Ancient Egyptians have?
Theocracy
What social class made up the majority of the population?
Farmers
Ramses II
What 3 languages were inscribed on the Rosetta Stone?
Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphics, demotic
Where is the Delta and the Nile Valley?
Delta: Lower Egypt (in the North)
Nile Valley: Upper Egypt (in the South)
Which kingdom was the Age of the Pyramids?
Old Kingdom
Why did priests have a lot of power?
Because the government was a theocracy
Which pharaoh conquered Syria and built Egypt's empire?
Thutmose III
During what empire did hieroglyphics stop being used?
Roman Empire
What king united Upper and Lower Egypt?
Narmer
During the Middle Kingdom, the construction of a canal between the Nile River and the Red Sea increased what?
Trade
What was the only position that allowed for social mobility?
Merchants/Artisans to Scribes
How many pictograms are part of hieroglyphics?
Over 700
Why is "Egypt a gift of the river"?
The Egyptian civilization could not exist without the Nile. The Nile provides everything for survival and flourishing.
Name 1 group that invaded and conquered Egypt.
Hyksos; Assyrians; Persians; Nubians
What value did the Egyptians believe the social order directly reflected?
Ma'at
Why did the Egyptians experience a period of unhappiness under the rule of Amenhotep IV and Nefertiti?
They changed the polytheistic religion to monotheism, specifically to the sun-disk god Aten.
Where is the Rosetta Stone now located?
British Museum