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The Hymn to the Nile
A song created for the Nile River
Pyramids
a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top.
Inundation
When the Nile floods, and it washes away everything
Ba
Your personality
Ka
Your spirit
Horus
The Hawk god
Book of the Dead
placed in tombs and believed to protect and aid the deceased in the spirit world
Osirus
The King of the Gods
Hatshepsut
Daughter of King Thutmose I and became queen of Egypt when she married her half brother, Thutmose II around the age of 12.
Narmer + other name
1. Menes
First king of Egypt who unified the country peacefully at the beginning of the First Dynastic Period
Double Crowns
Symbolizes the unification of the Lower and Upper Egypt under a single ruler
Papyrus
a material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant, used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing
Khopesh
a knife/hook like weapon; used to cut heads and rip skin in battle
Mummification
The process of mummifying a dead person for 70 days.
Monotheism
The belief in only one god
Battle of Qadesh (Kadesh)
One of the largest ever chariot battles, fought between the Egyptains under Pharaoh Ramses II and the Hittites.
Polytheism
The belief in many gods
Ammit
The heaven monster
Thutmose III
The 18th dynastic king and often regarded as the greatest of the rulers of Ancient Egypt
Tutankhamen
Ruled as pharaoh for 10 years until his death at age 19.
Ramses II
Crowned pharaoh of Egypt in 1279 BC, 3rd pharaoh in the 19th dynasty.
What was the Rosetta Stone + the 3 languages
Helped scholars crack the code of Hieroglyphs
1. Modern Egyptian
2. Hieroglyphics
3. Greek
Anubis
an soul guide that guides your Ka through the spirit world.
Akhenaton/Amenhotep IV
Took Egypt's throne as pharaoh
Hittites + the 3 main things they brought
formed an empire between 1600-1180 BC, adapted the Egyptian religion, brought the khopesh, composite bow, and an "updated" chariot.