Geography
What is Upper Egypt the portion of?
The southern portion ( This is where the Nile actually starts)
Who was the Pharaoh the child of?
Who rallie the Egyptians?
Pharaoh Ahmos
Descibe Empire
A group of lands and peoples ruled by one government
Who was on top of the social pyramid?
Pharaoh
What is Lower Egypt the portion of?
The Northern portion (Where the Nile empties into the Mediterranean Sea)
How many picture signs were Hieroglyphics made up of?
Made up of 800 picture signs
The Hykos came from Western Asia to rule lower egypt. What did they have with them?
Brought horses, chariots, and bronze weapons
What did the Egyptian economy not depend on anymore?
They no longer depended on the Nile farming
The practice of owning another person, slaves were mostly prisoners of war, slaves could own property andhad a right to fair treatment
Explain a drought
Long period without rain
What was the Rosetta stone?
A stone that had a passage written in 3 languages on it, including Hieroglyphics
What was the use of pyramids? (Old)
They were built as tombs for the Pharaohs
Name some things the Egyptians traded
Exs: Gold jewerly, linen cloth, papyrus, silver, timber, wine, ebony, lepord skins, elephant ivory, gold, copper, precious stones
What was the hardest job?
Farming
Explain a flood
Too much water that can wash away farms and houses
Explain the life of a scribe
Scribes traveled to Egypt to keepo detailed records, recorded amount of grain, marriage contracts, letters, greatly respected, only boys could become scribes and began training at the age of 10
How long did it take to build the Great Pyramid and how many people? (Old)
It took 20 years and as many as 100,000 people
Who was Hapshepsut?
One of the only female Pharaohs who organized a trading expedition to Punt
Describe city life
Small mud-brick homes on narrow, winding streets, mostly craftworkers and artists lived in citys, families sold their goods at markets
Explain Nile Delta
Fertile flat area made of silt where the river empties
Explain Mummification
Used to preserve the bodies of dead royalty, dried the bodies and covered with cloth strips, some pets and royal members mummified with their leader
What is the land of the south noted for?
Its gold mines
Explain things about Medicine
Egyptian docotrs were priests, scribes wrote down what medicines worked best for illnesses, used chamomile to sooth a stomach ache, put moldy bread on wounds
Explain the collapse
Societies in the West and Northeast challenge the Egyptians, Pharaoh begins to lose control of the army, 1100 BCE Egyot collapses and Roman conquer Egyot in 30 BCE