Ancient Egypt Flashcards
who was the first female pharaoh?
Hatshepsut
where is the lower part of the Nile river?
by the Delta because that is where the river ends.
How are some ways that the river was used?
The river was used for farming because of the silt which made fertile soil and would deposit when the river floods.
The river was used for transportation.
The river was used for trade.
food and water.
what was a natural border for egypt?
The desert protected Egypt from invaders
why did people stop building pyramids as tombs?
The pyramids were constantly robbed.
what was put in peoples tombs?
their possessions
what is afterlife?
it is the life believed to follow death
why were the egyptian hieroglyphs so hard to decipher?
Hieroglyphics were a long forgotten language so no one could remember how to read it.
what did egyptians invent for scribes to write on?
They invented papyrus for scribes to write on with ink. it was made out of a reed plant.
what was learned from Tutankhuman tomb?
His tomb led to a better understanding of ancient egypt.
Who had the longest rule?
Ramses II
How did Ramses II expand Egypt?
He expanded it by winning wars.
how did Hatshepsut expand Egypt?
she expanded it by trade
who built the great pyramid as the tomb?
Khufu
why was the rosetta stone so important?
The rosetta stone let people read hieroglyphics by reading greek first then deciphering it for hieroglyphs.
