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The Nile Valley
Egypt's Old Kingdom
The Egyptian Empire
The Civilization of Kush
Vocabulary!
100
Ancient peoples in Egypt first settled (blank).
What is the Nile River?
100
Name one reason Egyptians willingly served their all-powerful leader.
Unity came from a strong leader or The leader was a deity
100
This was a period of stability, prosperity, and achievement during this time.
the Middle Kingdom
100
What Nubian kingdom was formed when the stronger villages overtook the weaker ones?
Kerma
100
System of writing made up of thousands of picture symbols developed by the ancient Egyptians.
Hieroglyphics
200
How did the Egyptians take advantage of the Nile's yearly spring flooding?
They became successful farmers
200
What did Egyptians study to learn how to obtain life after death?
Book of the Dead
200
Who was the Egyptian ruler that began the time known as the New Kingdom?
Ahmose
200
Where did the Nubian people come from?
Cattle herders from the African savannas
200
Process developed by the ancient Egyptians of preserving a person's body after death.
Embalming
300
Which type of government started in Egypt after 3100 B.C.?
a dynasty
300
The ancient Egyptian civilization was the first to have specialists in the field of ______________.
medicine
300
This ruler avoided military conquests and expanded Egypt's economy.
Hatshepsut
300
Why was Napata a favorable location for trade?
Trade caravans crossed the upper Nile there.
300
God or goddess
deity
400
What shape does a diagram of Egypt's social classes look like?
a pyramid
400
The Great Pyramid in Giza was built for which pharaoh?
King Khufu
400
Which Egyptian ruler built many new temples during the New Kingdom period?
Ramses II
400
Name one thing the Kushite people traded for.
Iron products and slaves
400
Payment made by one group or nation to another to show obedience or to obtain peace or protection. These are sometimes forced payments.
Tribute
500
Name one way Mesopotamia and Egypt are similar.
Economy or Artisans
500
What is a body wrapped in long strips of linen?
Mummy
500
What is the main reason for the decline and fall of the Egyptian empire?
The Egyptians were attacked by people with stronger weapons.
500
For how many years was the kingdom of Kush a great trading power?
600 years
500
Grassy plain
savannas