Chapter 5 Flashcards
second largest continent
Africa
world’s largest desert
Sahara Desert
world’s longest river
Nile River
the ancient connection from Africa to Asia
Isthmus of Suez
built in 1969 to connect the Mediterranean Sea and the India Ocean
Suez Canal
the most magnificent empire in the ancient world
Egypt
Egypt’s original name
Mizraim
original Egyptians, Hamitic people
Copts
the local name for Egypt
Kemet (“black”)
Egypt was divided into Two Kingdoms __1__, in __2__, and __3__, in __4__
- Lower Egypt
- the North by the Delta
- Upper Egypt
- the South by the cataracts
the smaller division of Egypt, each having their own king
nomes
united the two kingdoms and became the first Pharaoh of all Egypt
Menes
capital city of Egypt created by Menes
Memphis
Egypt was the greatest power of the ancient world at the time ______
of the Exodus from Egypt
“Father of History”
Herodotus
Greek explorer that gave Egypt the name “the gift of the Nile”
Herodotus
small rivers that form a triangle (delta) shape by the Mediterranean Sea
Nile Delta
4 gifts of the Nile
- Soil
- Transportation
- Papyrus
- Protection
the strange writings of the ancient Egyptians
hieroglyphics
everyday writing of the Egyptians
hieratic
a book of prayers placed in tombs
Book of the Dead
an ancient rock with three languages
Rosetta Stone
a French scholar who worked for 14 years to decipher the Egyptian language
Champollion
Biblical name for Memphis
Noph
Biblical name for Thebes
No
“city of the dead”: all the remains of Thebes
necropolis
god-king of Egypt
pharaoh
the Pharaoh’s chief assistant
vizier
best symbolizes the Egyptian Conception of state and society
pyramid
gods personified nature or animals
naturalistic
body of a man, head of a falcon
Horus
the process of preserving bodies
mummification
the most famous mortuary temple belonged to ____
Hatshepsut
one of the world’s greatest archeological discoveries (1922)
King Tut
the Great Pyramids of Giza were built for ____, ____, and ____
Khufu, Kafre, and Menkaure
the greatest art and architectural accomplishments of Egypt took place in ____
the Old Kingdom
reunited the two lands during the Middle Kingdom
Mentuhotep I
the estimated arrival of the Hebrew people was during ___
the Twelfth Dynasty
”Shepherd kings”
Hyksos
AKA the Egyptian Empire
the New Kingdom
a Theban prince who was the founder of the New Kingdom
Ahmose I
Greatest height of power of Egypt was under _____
Thutmose III
Moses’ mother may have been __
Hatshepsut
Thutmose’s son
Amenhotep II
