Ancient Egypt Flashcards
Nile River empties into…
Mediterranean Sea
Cataracts
Rocky stretches marked by swift currents and Rapids
5000 BCE
Government emerges
3000 BCE - 30 BCE
Bureaucratic Rule in Egypt
10,000 - 3,000 BCE
Pre dynamic
4750 BCE
Earliest record
Three transitional periods are…
Old
Middle
New
_________ and _________ are necessary to go from one transitional period to another
Chaos, disaster
3100 BCE
First Pharoah —> powerful ruler —> zero dynasty
Dynasty zero was ruled by…
King Scorpion and King Marmer
Pharoah designed to…
Outlast humanity
19th century (1800s)
Jean Francois Champillon discovered Rosetta Ston—>had hieroglyphic, demotic, and Greek
3200 BCE
Hieroglyphs are found (in palaces)
Hieratic
Day to day
Papyrus
Becomes key in understanding; one of its major exports, important industry
Old Kingdom
(2686-2160 BCE)
4 main idea of old kingdom
Pharoah controlled
Provincial governors (monarchs)
Writing critical for survival
Writing=success
Step pyramid
West of Memphis 200 ft tall Strength pharaohs "Ka" Precedent
Giza
Pharoah Khufu 481 ft tall 756 ft (side) Peasant laborers Pyramid LINKED cosmos
Society of old/middle kingdoms
Apex–>Pharoah
Nobles (priests, officials)
Scribes
Everyone else
Women recognized as individuals only in….
Pharoah and nobles classes
Nile River =
Center of everything; basis of belief; center of UNIVERSE
End of old kingdom because of
Slow erosion (5th/6th dynasty) Theology changed--> Pharoah is not known as a god -->Pharoah = son of a good Nobility- power grew
The Middle Kingdom
2055-1650 BCE