The Era's Tour
Egypt is in this part of Africa.
What is the north eastern part?
This desert is considered part of the Saharan Desert but is on the east side of the Nile River.
What is the Nubian Desert?
This land is desert areas east and west of Ancient Egypt.
What is the Red Land?
This is the longest river in the world that also flows south to north.
What is the Nile River?
This kingdom was at the end of the Nile River.
Who are the Lower Kingdom of Egypt?
What is the Nile River?
This is the first river to branch off of the Nile River.
What is the Blue Nile?
The mountain range south of the Red Sea and in Southeast Egypt.
What is the Ethiopian Highlands?
Around this year, people started to settle around the Nile River.
What is the year 5000 B.C.?
This is the age of the pyramids (2700-2200 B.C.).
What is the Old Age (pyramid age)?
In this land, black silt would spread after flooding, which made land fertile for farming. Silt was one of the most important materials Egyptians got from the Nile.
What is the Black Land?
This is one of the largest man-made lake in the world.
What is Lake Nasser?
The sea to the north of Egypt that allowed for trade.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This Kingdom was around the start of the Nile River.
What is the Upper Kingdom of Egypt?
This period ran from 2000-1650 B.C.
What is the Middle Kingdom?
This canal made it so merchant from the Meditteranean no longer had to sail the more than 4,000 miles around the entire continent of Africa to get to Egypt.
What is the Suez Canal?
This lake branches off of the Nile and supplies water to the southern most part of Egypt.
What is the White Nile?
One of the largest deserts in the world, this is place provides protection due to it's vastness.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This guy was considered the first Pharoah of Egypt and united both kingdoms.
Who is King Menes. ?
This was considered the Golden Age of Egypt (1550-1100 B.C.)
What is an New Kingdom?
A natural barrier from enemies from Asia, this sea provides protection and a way to ship goods to other countries.
What is a the Red Sea?
This is the mouth of the Nile River which is also known as...
What is the Nile Delta?
This is somewhat of a landbridge between Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula?
What is the Sinai Peninsula?
This city was the dividing line of the Upper and Lower Kingdoms of Egypt
What is Memphis?
These people were sacrificed so that they can join the Pharoahs in the afterlife.
Who are the servants of the Pharoah?