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all good things must come to an end
100
This city was the capital of the Middle Kingdom
What is Thebes?
100
Grain was Egypt's primary ________
What is an export?
100
This temple complex had over 3000 rooms!
What is the Labyrinth?
100
This was caused by famine, the treasury being diminished, the pharaoh's power being diminished, and finally civil war.
What is the end of the Old Kingdom?
200
This is the sea north of Egypt
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
200
Turquoise and copper were valuable imports from this region.
What is the Sinai Peninsula?
200
Draining the Fayum prevented future disasters, such as this, by providing a water source not dependent on the annual flood.
What is a famine?
200
They are invaders from Southwestern Asia
Who are the Hyksos?
300
Egypt, Punt, and Nubia are all on this continent.
What is Africa?
300
Egypt traded with this southern neighbor for spices, incense, and exotic animals.
What is Punt?
300
Fortresses were built along this border of Egypt.
What is the southern border?
300
The Hyksos' superior military technology included
What are horse-drawn chariots, bronze bows, and body armor
400
The land route was dangerous due to these natural features
What are deserts?
400
Egyptians had to use their sea trade route to trade with this island.
What is Crete?
400
The the people that benefitted from the Middle Kingdoms building projects.
What is the middle class, and really all Egyptians?
400
Adopting the invaders technology allowed the Egyptians to expel these people
Who are the Hyksos?
500
This is the body of water to the east of Egypt.
What is the Red Sea.
500
Imported luxury goods like gold, lapis lazuli, and turquoise allowed Egyptians to created jewelry that led to this time period.
What is the Golden Age of Art and Literature?
500
This man-made structure stretched from the Nile Delta to the Red Sea.
What is a canal?
500
In the Middle Kingdom these began to "go out of style" and fewer were built.
What are pyramids?