4.1 Flashcards
What was the Nile so called?
Greek historian called Egypt the gift of the Nile
How long is the Nile and how long does it stretch?
4000 miles and 750 miles wide
The southern region in Egypt was called
Upper Egypt
The northern region
Lower Egypt
The fertile river valley stretches about __ miles wide
13
Cataracts mean
Strong rapids
Delta means
A triangle shaped area of land made of soil deposited by a river
Since Egypt receive not much rain most of Egypt was considered a
Desert
Nile flood was ____ to predict
Easy
The Nile in upper Egypt flooded in
Midsummer
Lower Egypt flooded in
Fall
The silt made it ideal for farming. The silt also made the land a dark color. That’s why Egyptians called their land the
Black land
They called the lifeless, dry land beyond the desert
Red land
Without floods Egyptians could of
Never settled in Egypt
Hunter gatherers moved into the Nile valley around
12000 years ago
Farmers build _____ to collect water
Basins
Farmers grew ____________________________ along the Nile and also raised _____________
Wheat, barley, fruits, vegetables, and raised cattle and sheep.
The desert to the west was too hard to invade, why?
Because the desert was too big and harsh to invade
Cataracts on the Nile made it
Hard for outsiders to invade
By 3200 BC villages _______ together
Banded
Why is northern Egypt called lower and southern called upper?
Because the river depends on the flow of the current
The king from lower Egypt ruled a town named
Pe
The leader of the lower kingdom wore a
Red crown
Why did the king from the lower kingdom wear a crown
To assemble his authority
________ was the capital city of Upper Egypt
Nekhen
The king of upper Egypt wore a
Cone shaped white crown
Around 3100 a king named ______ took power in upper Egypt
Menes
The king of upper Egypt wanted to unite
Upper Egypt and lower Egypt
The armies of Menes invaded _________ and won
Lower Egypt
Menes married a princess to
Get more control over lower Eyypt
Menes now wore
Both crowns
Historians considered Menes to be
The first Pharaoh
The title pharaoh means
Great hous
Menes also founded Egypt’s first
Dynasty
Menes built a new city at the _______ tip of the Nile delta
Southern
Many governmental offices were located in
Memphis
The first dynasty lasted for about
200 years
River took challenge for the first dynasty and took over Egypt to start the
Second dynasty
Around ______ the 3rd dynasty rises to power
2700 BC
In 2700 BC the old kingdom started that lasted from
2700-2200 Bc
People blamed ________ if crops didn’t grow or if disease struck
Pharaohs
Most famous king of old kingdom
Khufu
Khufu ruled in
2500 BC
Historical record show that people who worked for Khufu were
Well fed
Khufu was most known for the
Monuments that were built for him
By 2200 BC Egypt had ________ people
2 million people
Nobles mean
Rich and wealthy individuals
About 80% of the population were
Farmers
During flood season farmers couldn’t
Work
Egyptian pottery show details from
Nubia
During the _____________ Egypt began trading with their __________
Old kingdom-Neighbors
Traders returned from Nubia with
with gold, slaves, and ivory
Traders traveled to _____ to get
Punt-incense and myrrh
What was incense and Myrrh used for
Perfumes and medicine
