ancent egypt Flashcards
Theocracy
When the ruler is the political and religious leader
Hatchepsut
The first woman ruler of egypt. She led egypt through a period of peace and prosperity. Created many monuments and promoted trade.
Delta
The part of the river that emptys out into a larger body of water. Has fetle soil and silt. Best place for farmng.
Nile river
.gave life to anceint egypt
.stretches 4,000 miles long
.longest river in the world
.provides: drinking water, bathing water, fishing, and transportation.
Papyrus
.Papyrus grew on the banks of the Nile River and would go through a process to be made into paper
.can make sandals with papyrus
.can make baskets with papyrus
can patch holes with papyrus
shidoof
.Used to lift water
.a contraption where you lower a bucket n water and bring t back up
parroah
the great rulers of anceint egypt
Narmer
united the kindoms of lower and upper egypt. Also was the first pharoah
Chariot
Horse driven cart first seen by the egyptions when the Hyksos used it agianst them,
Hyksos
A group of people that took over egypt for 100 years using their better weapons and battle techniques
polytheism
beleif in more than one god
Ahmos
took back egypt from the Hysos using ther own weapons and battle techniques
irrigation
The moving of water from one place to another
Deitie
A hunman god
egyption gods
omni, thoth, hapi, Re
afterlfe
.The life after death
.The egyptions did not beleve death was a bad thing and vewed it as the next step
surplus
an extra amount of food
Agriculture
the practice of farming and the domestcation of animals
dynasty
A line of rulers in the same family
Scribe
A scribe is a professonal writer who records trade and writes down history.
pyramids
aceint structures that acted as tombs for the pharoahs
mummification
- take out all the internal organs except for the hear and place them in canopic jars, heart holds the soul
- Dry out body with natron
- place spices inside the body and put makeup on the body
- wrap the body in linen
- put the body in ts tomb
Jean champolion
The person who after 2 decades of worked finnaly deciphered heiroglyphics
The Rosetta stone
A stone with heiroglyphics translated in demonic and anceint greek
imhotep
built the first pyramind whch was the step pyramid
Lord canarvan
The person who finaced the work of Howard Carter and whos death started the pharos curse
Howard Carter
The person who found the tomb of the pharoah Tutankhamen
Ahmhotep IV
The pharoah who changed the religion to monotheistic, not populer, changed name to akenaton, made aton the sun god the god to be worshiped, father of Tutankhamen
Tutankhamen
.The boy pharoah
.became pharoah at 9
.died at 19
.the opening of his tomb was rumord to be why the pharos curse was released
Hatchepsut
.Led egypt throught a period ofpeace and prosperity
.built many great monuments
.Suported trade