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The Gift of the Nile
The Dynasties
The Dynasties
(Part Two)
Nubia
Kush
100
A waterfall or a spot where water runs fast over rocks.
What is a Cataract
100
The Old Kingdom is also known as this.
What is the "Age of the Pyramids"?
100
The term used to describe the chief adviser to the ancient Egyptian pharaoh.
What is a vizier?
100
An ancient stone monument; a tall slender stone pillar with four sides and a pointed top.
What is an Obelisk?
100
Capital of the Kush Empire
What is Napata
200
The section of the Nile River near the Mediterranean Sea
What is Lower Egypt?
200
During Dynasty 11, this King expanded Egypt beyond the Nile
Who is King Mentuhotep II
200
Improvements in this helped make united governments in the Early Period in Egypt.
What is the invention of papyrus?
200
A system in which buyers and sellers form different places can exchange goods
What is a trading network?
200
This King took control of Upper Egypt in 750 B.C.
Who is King Kashta?
300
The beginning of the Egyptian new year.
What is Inundation
300
This term is used to describe an Egyptian King.
What is a pharaoh?
300
The Great Pyramid at Giza was built for this King
Who is King Khufu
300
The Egyptians gained control of Nubian trade routes, waterways, paths and trail in this time period
When is 2600 B.C.
300
The queens who ruled Kush.
Who are the Kandakes?
400
A region with a united group of people an a single government
What is a Nation-State
400
This king believed in only one god - the Aton
Who is Amemhotep IV
400
A stone structure having a square base and triangular sides that come to a point at the top and used as a burial place for a dead ruler.
What is a pyramid?
400
Nubians became allies with these invaders of Egypt
Who are the Hyksos?
500
The first nation state was formed around 3100 B.C. when the Upper and Lower Egypt regions came together by this King
Who is King Narmer?
500
These people invaded Egypt from the Fertile Cresent and gained control in the 1600's B.C.
Who are the Hyksos?
500
The architect who designed the tomb for King Zoser in 2650 B.C.
Who is Imhotep?
500
Nubia stretched along the Nile River between these two cataracts.
What are the first and sixth cataracts?
500
The Kushite capital was moved to this trading center after 671 B.C.
What is Meroe?