Geography
This is the longest river in the world and made it possible for the Egyptian Civilization to thrive
Nile
Ra, Anubis, Osiris, Isis are all
Egyptian gods/goddesses
Built to honor a pharaoh, head of a pharaoh and body of a lion
The Sphinx of Giza
Pharoah known for expanding Egypt's economy through trade and economic policies
Hatshepsut
The Kingdom south of Egypt that they traded with, and sometimes were in conflict with
Nubia/Kingdom of Kush
The Nile River flows north into what body of water
Mediterranean Sea
The process of preserving the body by removing the fluids and organs, drying it out, covering it with resin and cloth.
mummification
Pyramids
Ramses the Great
This body of water makes up Egypt's eastern border
The Red Sea
The area of the Nile River where it fans out into several branches before emptying into the sea
Nile Delta
This person was seen as a god-king and a connection between the gods and earth
pharaoh
Type of writing used by Egyptians
hieroglyphics
title of Egyptian ruler
pharaoh
When ideas are shared from one culture to another-like between Egypt and Nubia
cultural diffusion
This desert makes up most of northern Africa
Sahara desert
How do we know the Egyptians believed in an afterlife?
They mummified their dead, they built elaborate tombs for their dead, they stocked the tombs with things they may need in the afterlife
Egyptians used this reed plant to make paper
papyrus
Pharaoh who ruled for over 60 years and constructed a lot of temples and statues of themself.
Ramses the Great
Egypt's social structure was based on a person's
occupation
Explain why Upper Egypt is in the south and Lower Egypt is in the north
Upper Egypt is higher in elevation than Lower Egypt
Explain why the Egyptians mummified their dead
To preserve the body for the afterlife
Why did the Egyptians develop a calendar?
to track the flooding of the Nile River
Historians learned a great deal about the culture of Ancient Egypt due to the discovery of his tomb
Tut
What direction does the Nile River flow?
north