Geography & Infrastructure
During the Middle Kingdom, violence forced the capital to move south to this city.
Thebes
This female pharaoh increased trade, built temples, and restored monuments.
Hatsheput
These "forced payments" were sent to the pharaoh by conquered peoples.
Tributes
Amenhotep tried to do what? How did the people feel about this?
a) make it a one god religion (Aton) b) People didn't like it
Egyptians valued these products because they had very few trees of their own.
Wood Products
This man-made waterway connected the Nile River and the Red Sea, speeding up trade.
Canal
This "Boy King" restored the original polytheistic religion. (He was 10)
King Tut
This Egyptian Prince is credited with driving the Hyksos out of Egypt
Ahmose
In Egypt, these people could own land, marry, and eventually earn their freedom.
Slaves
Arabia and East Africa traded this. NAME ALL
gold, ivory, ebony wood, and incense
Egypt conquered these two areas during the Middle Kingdom expansion.
Nubia and Present-day Syria
He took over after Hatshepsut and used war to expand Egypt's wealth
Thutmose III
The year the Assyrians officially took control of Egypt.
670 B.C.
This group impacted the world by creating the alphabet and an advanced trade system.
Phoenicians
What did the Egyptians give them? NAME ALL
Beads, metal tools, and weapons
These were tombs carved into limestone cliffs for New Kingdom pharaohs.
Valley of the Kings
He ruled for 66 years, restoring greatness through building and conquest
Egypt was weakened by this internal conflict, allowing the Hyksos to conquer them.
Civil War
Costly wars led to the decline of Egypt after this pharaoh’s long reign
Ramses II
Hatshepsut’s primary method for increasing Egypt's wealth.
Trade