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Bureaucracy

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DEPARTMENTS
GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES
SYSTEM

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Byblos

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Modern Lebanon, traded for cedar wood for boats and roofs.

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Nubia

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Egypt conquered and gained gold and enslaved many Nubian people, Modern Sudan

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Sinai

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Between Africa and Asia, Peninsula

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Pepi I

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Conquered Sinai peninsula, Helped Egypt trade more copper

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Cuneiform

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Very old wedge-shaped writing, Sumeriann writing

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Hieroglyphs

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Symbolic Egyptian writing

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Pyramids

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Huge stone monuments, tombs

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Pepi II

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Last Pharaoh of Old Kingdom, whose reign lasted 90 years!

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Thebes

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City in Upper Egypt that became new capital (replacing Memphis) in the Middle Kingdom era

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Punt

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Modern Somalia, trading center for exotic spices and frankincense

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Suez Canal

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Connects waterways for trading - Mediterranean and Red Seas

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New Chariots

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Faster and lighter than Hyksos

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Sequenenra

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Egyptian prince from Thebes who led fight against the Hyksos and died in battle

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Ahmose

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Annihilated Hyksos
king who founded powerful 18th dynasty that ruled Egypt for centuries

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Thutmose I

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Active warrior Pharaoh who conquered Syria, first buried in Valley of the Kings

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Hatshepsut

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Female Pharaoh, History’s first great women leader, peaceful and prosperous

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Thutmose III

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Stepson of Hatshepsut, sought to erase her reign, expanded Egypt, greatest general

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Amonhotep IV

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ECCENTRIC
CREATED NEW RELIGION (One god)
1361 BCE

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Tutankhamon

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Boy king, his nearly intact tomb was great discovery

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Ramses II

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Big ego, had many structures built in his honor

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Hittites

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Warrior race from the east, peace treaty with them was first known in history

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Alexander the Great

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Conqueror of Egypt in 323 BCE, military genius, built Alexandria, Macedonian

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Cleopatra

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Last member of Egypt’s last dynasty, controlled by Rome, wife of Julius Caesar and then Marc Antony

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Mastaba

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Flat-topped mud brick tomb, means bench in Arabic, earliest pyramid

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Imhotep

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Designed the first step pyramid, considered first scientist in recorded history

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Scribe

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Professional writer and record keeper

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Papyrus

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Plants on Nile used to make paper

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Rosetta Stone

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Stone with 3 different languages, allowed us to understand hieroglyphics

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Stele

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A tall granite stone with words inscribed on it, one was near the sphinx

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Karnak

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A complex of temples, ruins of Temple of Amon. The biggest standing house of worship in the world at over 5 acres! Temple to Amon

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Hypostyle Hall

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Largest columned hall in the world

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Column Capital

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Top of column, some had papyrus plants or lotus flowers, symbol of life from sun god Amon

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Obelisk

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Tall pillar with pyramid point to

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Abu Simbel

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Temple to Ramses II with 4 giant statues, moved to make space for modern dam there

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Irrigation

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System of watering crops

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Shaduf

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Irrigation tool, Lever and bucket, Primitive water pump

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Chaff

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Wheat Seed Covering

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Nome/Nomarch

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Territory/ruler of a territory, Oversaw irrigation systems

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Nekheb/Nekhbet

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Capital of Upper Egypt, Patron Vulture Goddess of Upper Egypt

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Upper Egypt

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Upstream from delta on the Nile, southern Egypt

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King Menes

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ruler of upper Egypt who united upper and lower Egypt

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Memphis

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Capital city near Cairo Between Upper and Lower Egypt, Means balance of 2 lands

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Vizier

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Prime Minister, Advisor to the
Pharaoh, second in command

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Pharaoh’s Titles

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Pharaoh means “He who lives in a great house”, Enclosed in cartouche, shows the power of pharaoh

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Pharaoh’s Childhood

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Often pleasant, educated at a young age, separated boys from girls, later expected to marry relative

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Flail & Crook

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Symbols of Pharaoh’s power, shepherd and protector

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Inundation

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Yearly flood believed to be from the gods

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Cataract

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Sections of rapids and waterfalls along the Nile

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Kemi/Kemet

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Silt/the land of black silt

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Khent/Khed

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to go up stream, to go down stream

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Cartouche

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Oval ring with sacred names shows pharaoh’s power

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Pepi II

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Longest ruling Pharaoh, from 6 to 100!

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Kepresh

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Pharaoh war crown made of leather

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Uraeus

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Brightly colored cobra on pharaoh’s headdress, spitting fire at enemies

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Nemes

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Pharaoh’s less formal headdress, cloth, made with linen and gold thread

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Lower Egypt

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Downstream on Nile, Northern Egypt

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Nile River

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Life source of Egypt, Was like a highway for travel, irrigation, longest river in the world

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Horus-Hawk

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Hawk God, brought life from the sky in creation myth

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Myth

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A story that explains the past

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Epic

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A long poem about a hero

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Prehistory

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History before the development of writing

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Nomads

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People who moved with the flocks and herds

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Artifacts

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Artifacts are historical objects made by humans

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Attila the Hun

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Leader of Huns and defeated Romans. Was humble and had a strong relationship with his son

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Troy

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ancient walled city on modern Turkish coast. Site of major war. Trojan horse

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Odysseus

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Hero, King of Ithaca, Boastful, Quick-thinking. Commander at Troy

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History

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The study of the past

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Secondary Source

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Source produced AFTER the event or time period. Gives info about the primary source. Not an eyewitness.

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Oral Tradition

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Another important non-written source is a culture’s oral tradition the legends, myths, and beliefs passed on by word of mouth from generation to generation

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Cuneiform

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A type of writing that is using shapes and wedges. Cuneiform means wedge shaped. Started in Mesopotamia

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Polytheism

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Polytheism is when you believe or worship more than one god

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Primary Source

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Sources produced during the same time period as the events the describe

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Pictograph

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pictures that stand for words or ideas

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Culture

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Behaviors, beliefs, customs, and attitudes of a group of people

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Surplus

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Surplus is when you have a lot of something that you don’t need. Extra food that helps make a city

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Scribe

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A scribe is a person that reads papers to someone like a king. They also write for people because not everyone was literate.
Professional writer and record keeper

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Plateau

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Broad area of high flat land (high flat land)

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Plain

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A broad area of flat, open, land, that is lower than the plateau.
(low flat land)

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City-State

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A city with surrounding villages

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Administrator

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An administrator is a manager, or an organizer. Oversees Irrigation system in ancient cultures.

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Artisan

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A skilled worker who makes such goods by hand

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Cities

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Farmers grow extra food. The extra food increased the population and made many more settlements

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Complex Religion

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Elaborate ceremonies to make gods happy to avoid floods and increase harvest (Temples, rituals, many gods)

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Job specialization

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Artisans and craftsmen make specific items and do specific job

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Social Classes

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Due to specialized jobs,
Lower - slaves, foreigners
Middle - tradespeople
Upper - warriors, kings, priests

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Writing

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Method to record words of spoken language

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Art and Architecture

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Expressed beliefs and values
Show power of the king and community

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Public Works

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Carried out by governments for the community (ex - irrigation systems, walls, roads)

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Fossil

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The remains or imprints of once-living plants or animals

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