The Nile River Valley
What is the Black Land
The fertile Soil that Ancient Egyptians used to grow crops
What is a Pharaoh?
The Governmental Ruler of Egypt
What was Egypt rich in?
Their soil was valuable and allowed them to have a lot of crops
What type of religion did Ancient Egypt participate in?
Polytheism (the belief in multiple/ many gods)
How were Egyptian homes designed?
Thick Walls and Small Windows to protect form Sun and Flat Roofs to sleep during the hot nights
Where does the Nile River Begin and End?
Begins in Central Africa
Ends in Mediterranean Sea
(Why did people listen to them?)
Pharaoh's based their authority on Egyptian Religions Beliefs. Egyptians believed they were God- Kings.
What brought Egypt and Nubia (also called Kush) together?
Trade
Who was the God of the Underworld?
Osiris
What are the pyramids in Egypt?
An Egyptian Tomb for a Pharaoh.
What is the Red Land
Harsh Dessert that could not grow any crops
What was an important Role of the Pharaohs?
Conduct religious rituals for the people's benefit (ie. participating in ceremonies to make sure the annual Nile River Flooding would occur)
Why did Egypt conquer most of Nubia?
To protect its valuable trade with the region.
Mummifications
Where was Egyptian Art (Paintings and Sculptures) often found?
In Tombs and Temples.
When was Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt supposedly united
3000BC
Who was the female Pharoah?
Hatshepsut was one of the few women to rule Egypt.
What made it possible for Kush to conquer and rule Egypt for a Time?
Egyptian Cities fought among themselves
Who was believed to be the most important god?
Amon- Re, the sun God.
Anatomy and medicine.
What created the "Black Land"
The annual flooding of the Nile River
What was the Ancient Egypt Social Pyramid
Top: Pharaoh
Lower: Nobels/ Preists/ Officals
Lower: Scribes
Lower: Merchants/ Artisans
Bottom: Farmers/ Servants/ Slaves
In what ways did Egyptian Culture affect that of Kush?
Kush adopted Egyptian clothes/ religion/ language
How did Osiris decide which Egyptians were "pure of heart" enough for the Afterlife?
He would weigh their heart and see if it was heavier than an ostrich feather
What was the World's First paper?
Egyptians invited the world's first paper: Papyrus