Basic History
Longest lasting ancient civilization. 3000 B.C. to after 1000 B.C.
Ancient Egypt.
Egypt's main/ only source of water.
The Nile River.
305-30 BCE
The Ptolemaic dynasty.
The ancient Egyptians built huge temples, palaces, tombs and.....?
pyramids.
Egypt's positioning on the globe =....?
very little to no water from rain.
Leader of the Ptolemaic dynasty.
Cleopatra
BCE or BC stands for?
Before Common Era or Before Crist.
A larger, more advanced version of the hoe.
The plow.
Sulfurous gasses into the atmosphere, altering precipitation patterns and disrupting seasonal monsoons, suppressed the Nile floods and disrupted crops production.
Volcanic eruptions.
The Delta, the Western Desert, the Eastern Desert, and The Nile Valley.
Ancient Egypt's four geographic zones.
God who was associated with vegetation and agriculture.
Osiris
Adaptation to failing food systems due to climate change.
Long-term grain storage facilities.
Ancient Egypt was the preeminent civilization in the Mediterranean world for almost....?
30 centuries.
The God Hapi.
Deity of the Nile.
The end of the Ptolemaic dynasty and Egypt's golden age.
Climate stress, combined with political and economic struggles.