Ancient Egypt Flashcards

1
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Nile River empties into…

A

Mediterranean Sea

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2
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Cataracts

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Rocky stretches marked by swift currents and Rapids

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3
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5000 BCE

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Government emerges

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4
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3000 BCE - 30 BCE

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Bureaucratic Rule in Egypt

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5
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10,000 - 3,000 BCE

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Pre dynamic

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6
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4750 BCE

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Earliest record

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7
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Three transitional periods are…

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Old
Middle
New

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8
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_________ and _________ are necessary to go from one transitional period to another

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Chaos, disaster

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9
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3100 BCE

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First Pharoah —> powerful ruler —> zero dynasty

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10
Q

Dynasty zero was ruled by…

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King Scorpion and King Marmer

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11
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Pharoah designed to…

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Outlast humanity

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12
Q

19th century (1800s)

A

Jean Francois Champillon discovered Rosetta Ston—>had hieroglyphic, demotic, and Greek

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13
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3200 BCE

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Hieroglyphs are found (in palaces)

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14
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Hieratic

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Day to day

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15
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Papyrus

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Becomes key in understanding; one of its major exports, important industry

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16
Q

Old Kingdom

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(2686-2160 BCE)

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17
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4 main idea of old kingdom

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Pharoah controlled
Provincial governors (monarchs)
Writing critical for survival
Writing=success

18
Q

Step pyramid

A
West of Memphis
200 ft tall
Strength pharaohs
"Ka"
Precedent
19
Q

Giza

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Pharoah Khufu
481 ft tall
756 ft (side)
Peasant laborers
Pyramid LINKED cosmos
20
Q

Society of old/middle kingdoms

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Apex–>Pharoah
Nobles (priests, officials)
Scribes
Everyone else

21
Q

Women recognized as individuals only in….

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Pharoah and nobles classes

22
Q

Nile River =

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Center of everything; basis of belief; center of UNIVERSE

23
Q

End of old kingdom because of

A
Slow erosion (5th/6th dynasty)
Theology changed--> Pharoah is not known as a god -->Pharoah = son of a good
Nobility- power grew
24
Q

The Middle Kingdom

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2055-1650 BCE

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Origins of civilization were found in the...
Nile delta
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The Nile River ________ yearly and left _________ each time.
Flooded; silt
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Egypt was split into two kingdoms...
Lower and upper
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Hieroglyphs
A picture writing system
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Nile River flows...
North
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Pharaonic dynasties-->
Competition between them
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King Methuholep II
Theban king who was the fort ruler of Middle Kingdom
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Why was there Unification at Thebes
Because it's where he's from
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Amenemhet
Seizes control at the deaf of Methuholep
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12th dynasty rules for...
200 years
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Egypt is no longer a....
Isolationist (loses this mindset)
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Pharaohs become known as...
Protectors or shepherds of Egypt
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New kingdom is transformed through...
External forces
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1700 BCE
1st invasion in New kingdom
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_________ control LOWER EGYPT like pharaonic dynasties
Hyksos (means foreign invaders) around 1650-1550 BCE
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Hyksos are driven out of the area by ____ dynasty by Egyptians
18th
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18th dynasty
- Height of magnificence and power - IMPERIAL expansion - 2 1/2 centuries (250 years) - slavery emerges; conquered territories become slaves