Geography of Egypt
This river is one of the few in the world the flows from south to north...the cradle of Egyptian civilization.
What is the Nile?
What is trade?
This pharaoh increased Egyptian wealth by expanding trade...
Hatshepsut
A family of leaders.
What is a dynasty?
A drawing or symbol that represents a certain word or sound
What is hieroglyphics?
This motivated the people of Kush to trade.
What is lack of farmland?
This Kushite king conquered Egypt city by city and eventually called himself pharaoh of a united Kush and Egypt
Who is Piye
Without this system of offices and officials, pharaohs might find it difficult to run their empires
What is bureaucracy?
A dark black wood
This book was probably a best seller in Egypt since so many Egyptians were concerned with the afterlife.
What is the Book of the Dead
Crops would decrease and people would go hungry in Egypt if this happened.
Before Meroe, this was Kush's capital city that Egyptians destroyed
What is Napata?
Hatshepsut, Ramses II and Thutmose were pharaohs during this period; Egypt's most prosperous time period.
What is the New Kingdom?
The buying and selling of goods and services.
What is commerce?
The invention of one of the world's first alphabets and the development of Africa's first ironworking center are attributed to this empire
What is Kush?
The Nile river empties into this sea?
What is the Mediterranean?
In addition to leading soldiers in the Egyptian army, this pharaoh also ruled for 66, the second longest reign in Egyptian history.
Who is Ramses II?
A certain mammals tooth, usually elephants, used in a commercial way
What is ivory?
A famous statue that guarded the road to Khafre's pyramid.
What is the Sphinx?