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100
This word refers family rule, Egypt had about 31 of them in total.
What is Dynasty?
100
He is famous because his was the only tomb found completely untouched.
Who is Tutankhamen?
100
He discovered the tomb of King Tut in 1922.
Who is Howard Carter?
100
She was the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
Who is Cleopatra?
100
This artifact is the reason we can read Egyptian Writing today, and therefore know anything about Ancient Egypt at all.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
200
Ancient Egyptian writing
What is Hieroglyphics?
200
Narmer or Menes? Whoever it was, we know that they are responsible for doing this.
What is uniting upper and lower Egypt.
200
He was responsible for building the Great Pyramid of Giza, the tallest structure in the world until the Middle Ages.
Who is Khufu?
200
The invasion of these people ended the Middle Kingdom.
Who are the Hyksos?
200
Alexandria, Thebes, Athens, Abydos. Which of these is not a capital of Egypt?
What is Athens?
300
This substance was used by embalmers to dry out bodies, they were soaked in it for 40 days.
What is Natron?
300
He was the most infamous Pharaoh, known for completely changing religion in Egypt and referred to as the "heretic."
Who is Akhenaten?
300
He built more extensively than any other Pharaoh; he built many temples, Abu Simbel, a new capital city, and he was famous for his military prowess, especially when he "won" the Battle of Kadesh.
Who is Ramses II?
300
Because of these two factors,which ended the Old Kingdom, Egypt starves and splits into Upper and Lower again
What is drought and Civil War?
300
This organ was left in the body during mummification so that it could be weighed for judgement.
What is the heart?
400
An early type of tomb for the higher class in Egypt, it preceded the pyramids.
What are Mastabas?
400
She was the first powerful woman in history, and was a very good Pharaoh, too.
Who is Hatshepsut?
400
His step pyramid was the first pyramid ever built.
Who is Djoser?
400
The Greeks ruled during this, the last period of Ancient Egypt.
What is the Ptolemaic Era?
400
Giza, Dashur, Amarna, Saqqara. All of these are sites of pyramids except...
What is Amarna?
500
These were used to house the organs of mummies for all eternity.
What are canopic jars?
500
His "Bent" pyramid was the first smooth pyramid ever created.
Who is Sneferu?
500
This God of the Underworld played a large role in mummification, he even judged the dead to be worthy of the afterlife or not.
Who is Osiris?
500
This is the single most important thing of Egypt, it gives life and food, and we see when it does not, Egypt fails.
What is the Nile River?
500
Egypt Battled these people in the Battle of Kadesh.
Who are the Hittites?