Pharaohs
Who is the pharaoh that increased Egypt's wealth by expanding trade?
Hatsheput
Why do you picture the Nile River was so important to the Egyptian surplus
It was fertile from the silt brought in by the floods
What do you picture the Egyptians need to do to overcome death?
They believed they needed to preserve their bodies to home their spirits during the afterlife
Who do you picture work for the pharaoh to build and construct things?
Farmers
Why did the Kushites adopt many elements of Egyptian culture?
the continuous trade between Egypt and Kush
What do you picture the pharoah Snefru encourage?
The trade between Egypt and Kush?
In order to make these, the Egyptians needed to be proficient in engineering and mathematics
the pryamids
What are the purpose of tomb paintings?
The paintings provided the buried person with the objects shown in the paintings.
Who is responisble for using hieroglyphics to record important information and maintain records in Ancient Egypt?
They had less land to farm in Kush than in Egypt
What made Hatsheput an extraordinary pharaoh?
She was a female pharaoh
What do you picture scholars beliece Egyptians were skilled in chemistry?
Because they constructed early forms of glass and mortar for setting bricks
How do you picture the Egyptian gods treated the humans?
They were involved in human life. They were either kind or hostile to humans.
Why could the Kushites not travel by boat through the Nile River?
There were cataracts in their area of the Nile, Cataracts are rocks in the river.
What are Ramses II's accomplishments?
Built monuments and fought in many battles and acquired territory.
the invention of one of the world's first alphabets. the development of Africa's first iron-working city, and trade networks that stretched from Greece to south of the Sahara
Why do you picture the Egyptians built the pyramids?
The Egyptians viewed the pharoahs as god-kings. In order to honor the pharaohs, they built the pyramids.
What affected the Kushites trade making it more successful?
When they started making iron in Africa, and trading in Africa to get Ebony and Ivory, to then trade with Egypt
Who do you picture started the building and funding of the pyramids?
Khufu the pharoah(biggest) for him, his son(Khafre), and grandson(Menakure)
Why do you picture astronomy and mathematics were achievements that helped Egyptians in farming?
the developed a 365 day year based on the solar calendar that helped with planting and harvesting. The used the Sirius star to predict the Nile flood based on its positioning about the horizon before the sunrise, and the calculated based on the cycles of the moon or sun to predict the number of days in the year.
What do you picture Kemet means when picturing the fertile soil as a result of the Nile flooding?
The Black Land
What do you picture the correct order of the social structure of ancient Egypt?
pharaoh, priests, scribes, merchants, and farmers.
How do you picture Egypt and Kush were able to develop interdependence?
The established trade between each other which they relied on one other for shared ideas and good