Egypt Facts
These people regularly invaded places in Egypt during the New Kingdom, but they never conquered Egypt.
Who are the Sea Peoples?
The longest river in the world, and the one essential to Civilization's ability to thrive in Egypt
What is The Nile River?
The southern part of Ancient Egypt was called this.
What is Upper Egypt?
This Mesopotamian King was known for how he improved Persian life by building a system of roads.
Who is Darius I?
In Egypt and Mesopotamia this was the process of moving water to places it is needed at.
What is irrigation?
This was the Kingdom that came after the Old and Middle Kingdoms.
What is the New Kingdom?
This is the section of Northern Egypt is commonly called this because of the way river flows in this region.
What is Lower Egypt?
This religion worships many gods and goddesses.
What is polytheism?
This Mesopotamian King built the Hanging Gardens to make his city look more pretty for his wife.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar II?
This is an area that is fan-shaped and located near the Mediterranean Sea, it had very fertile soil.
What is a delta?
The government in Egypt was ruled by a family of rulers known as this.
What is dynasty?
The Nile River empties into this Sea.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This is the process of preparing a body for burial, part of the mummification.
What is embalming?
These people were really good at building ships, traveled all over Mesopotamia trading but never settled in one city-state.
Who are the Phoenicians?
This liquid was burned in Pyramids to make them smell nice.
What are incense?
King Djoser and his vizier Imhotep created the first great pyramid in this time period of Ancient Egypt's history, from 2700 BC to 2200 BC.
What is the Old Kingdom?
There are many of these steep rapids along the Nile river.
What are cataracts?
What is 40-70 days?
This is what the Mesopotamian King Hammurabi is known for.
What is Hammurabi Code of Ethics?
This tool was used with bucket to transfer water from one place to another.
What is a shadoof?
This group of people ruled Ancient Egypt during the Middle Kingdom.
Who are the Hyksos?
These two rivers flow together to form the Nile.
What the White Nile and the Blue Nile?
This skill was developed in Ancient Egypt because of the process of mummification.
What is medicine?
He was the first rule of the Akkadian Empire?
Who is Sargon The Great?
This is the type of government where the ruler claims his/her power/authority comes from a god or gods; the pharaoh claimed to work on behalf of the Egyptian gods.
What is a theocracy?