Key Terms
people who move from place to place (no permanent home)
nomads
name for the kings of Ancient Egypt
pharaohs
the Egyptians harvested their crops during the time of
drought
the meaning of "nub"
gold
Name 1 country that Egypt traded with
Lebanon, Syria, Greece etc.
loose material with rock particles deposited by a river after a flood
slit
1 of a few female pharaohs who expanded trade but was overthrown by her stepson
Hatshepsut
Egyptian gods were often pictured as a _____ body and a _____ head
Human Body, Animal Head
with the increase of trade, the _______ class formed
middle
the people at the bottom of the social
hierarchy
the deposit water at the base/ the mouth of a river
delta
became pharaoh at age 9, only lived to be 19 years old
Tutankhamen
The flooding of the Nile was known as
inundation
known as the "hill people"
Hyksos
King Tutankhamen replaced which pharaoh
Amenhotep/ Akhenaton
a plant that grows along the Nile and is used as paper
papyrus
the pharaoh that tried to convert Egypt to monotheism
Amenhotep/Akhenaton
the Egyptians planted their crops during the time of receding flood known as
emergence
the 2 capitals of the Middle Kingdom
Amarna, Thebes
the professions of the middle class
soldiers, scribes, merchants, artisans
the way people manage manage money and resources as well as the production of goods and services
economy
pharaoh who unified Egypt into 1 kingdom
Narmer
architect who built the first pyramid
Imhotep
Egyptians learned to built ______ from the Hyksos
chariots
the year in which the Persian Army conquered ancient Egypt and never regained its previous glory
525 BC