The Nile River
Two sources of the Nile River.
What are the Blue and White Nile?
This pharaoh united upper and lower Egypt, which began the Old kingdom.
Who is King Menes?
This Pharaoh forced everyone to worship the sun god, Ra,_____________________, while this pharaoh, ______________ moved the capital to Memphis.
1. Who is Akhenaten?
2. Who is King Tut?
This term refers to the division of the Greek empire after the death of Alexander the Great.
What is the Hellenistic period?
Cleopatra tried to convince ___________ to help her gain the throne.
Who is Julius Caesar?
The Nile contains six of these rock filled rapids.
What are cataracts?
Under Pharaoh Djoser's rule, Egypt was divided into _____________, which are similar to states.
What are nomes
The New Kingdom began when the Egyptian princes defeated the ___1._______________, which ended the _________2.___________, aka a period of political chaos.
1. What are the Hyskos?
2. What is the intermediate period?
Capital of Egypt and major center for business and trade.
What is Alexandria?
Caesar defeated Ptolemy in this battle.
What is the Battle of the Nile?
1. What is Upper Egypt?
2. What is Lower Egypt?
The Middle Kingdom began when this pharaoh launched an attack on the north and united Egypt.
Who is Mentuhotep II?
This person discovered King Tut's tomb______1.______, while this person,____2._____ funded the research project.
1. Who is Howard Carter?
2. Who is Lord Carnarvon?
Blending of different religious practices and beliefs.
What is syncretism?
Cleopatra and Marc Antony formed an alliance against_________________.
Who is Octavian?
Several streams at the mouth of a river:
What is the delta?
This was the capital under Mentuhotep II's reign.
What is Thebes?
This person helped the pharaoh with the daily running of the government.
What is the vizer?
Name two major resources in Alexandria that contributed to its role as a center of business and trade.
What is the lighthouse/library?
Cleopatra/Marc Antony's armies fought Octavian in this battle.
What is the Battle of Actium?
The Nile river empties into these two bodies of water.
What are the Mediterranean and Red Seas?
Egypt saw the most economic prosperity under this pharaoh's reign__1.___________, while this pharaoh formed alliances with Syria and Babylon______2._______.
1. Who is Amenemhat III?
2. Who is Amenhotep III?
_______________ served as a regent for ________________, because his father died at a young age.
1. Who was Hatshepsut?
2. Who was Thutmose III?
This general gained control of Egypt after the death of Alexander the Great.
Who is Ptolemy?
Cleopatra was pushed out of the palace by this person.
Who is Ptolemy XIII?