Egyptian society
The Egyptians believed in many gods and godesses, meaning they believed in a ___________ religion.
Polytheism
What did the Egyptians learn through embalming?
Medicine
What are the 3 time periods that the 30 dynasties Egypt had are divided in?
Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom
Hatshepsut
Who took the power of Egypt away from the Kushites?
The Assyrians, because they had iron weapons
What were the 3 social classes in Egypt?
Upper class (pharaoh and his family, priests, army leaders), middle class (artisans and merchants) and lower class (farmers and unskilled workers, which was the largest class)
What type of tombs would the Egyptians build for their pharaohs?
First pyramids and then palaces on the cliffs of mountains
Why is the Middle Kingdom known as a golden age? Give 3 reasons.
The arts flourished, more food and population, more money because of tribute, and the building of pyramids
Pharaohs ruled in a government that was a theocracy, what does that mean? What type of government is a theocracy?
Where the ruler is both the religious and the political leader
How did the Egyptians influence the Nubians?
They took from the hieroglyphics, they took from their gods, and also built pyramids like the Egyptians
Why were Egyptians united? What united them?
The pharaoh being a strong leader that controlled everything
Why was the process of embalming done?
To preserve the body for the sould to complete its journey in the afterlife
What is a tribute?
Forced payment from the people that you conquer
This pharaoh was unusual because he changed the religion from being polytheist to being monotheist, meaning only believing in one god
Amenhotep IV, later known as Akhenaton
Napata was first the capital of the kingdom of Kush and it was a center a trade, why was it called that?
Caravans from central Africa would need to pass through the city to arrive to Egypt and do trade
The capital during the Old Kingdom was Memphis, during the Middle Kingdom what was the capital?
Thebes
Once the process of embalming was done, what was the body of the person called?
Mummy
Reason why the Egyptian empire declined
They were invaded by many different groups: the Lybians, Kush, and then the Assyrians
Pharaoh that expanded the empire through war and conquest, increasing slavery through this
Thutmose III
After the Kushites were defeated by the Assyrians, they started producing what?
Iron
What were the government officials that the pharaoh selected to do his orders called?
Bureaucrats
What did the Egyptians learn from making the pyramids? There were 3 areas of knowledge that they learned.
Geometry, engineering, and technology
Who ended the Middle Kingdom by invading Egypt?
The Hyksos
Pharaoh that helped the economy by rebuilding and constructing new temples
Ramses II
Which Kushite king began the conquest of Egypt and which Kushite king completed the conquest and started a dynasty?
Kashta started the conquest and his son Piye finished it