chp 4Lesson 2 Flashcards
Diplomacy
Relations between countries
Nation state
Region with a united people and a single government
Dynasty
Series of rulers from the same family
Vizier
Chief advisor
Hieroglyphs
Picture symbols
Papyrus
Paper like material
Pyramids
Largest stone structures in the world
Mummy
Preserved body
did upper egypt grow in power and wealth?
did they want to control egypt?
1 yes
2 yes
Who was King Narmer?
What did he do as king?
1 king of Egypt
2 united Egypt
Who was the ruler of egypts first dynasty?
1king Narmer
how many dynasties ruled over egypt?
1 31
egypts dynastys are divided into 3 periods- what are they?
1 old
2 middle
3new
in the old kingdom- what did the people believe about their kings?
1 they were living fods
who owned all the land and controlled the economy and government?
1 the king
who did the egyptians might have borrowed the idea of writing from?
1 Summerians
first ieroglyphics were used for religious purpose and then what were they used for?
1 a way of writing
how is papyrus made?
1 pressing together stalks of papyrus
what was an egyptian book?
1 a scroll
old kingdom is known as the age of?
1 pyramids
where was king Zoser buried?
1 a pyramid
what is the best known egyptian pyramid?
1 the pyramid at Giza
who was the great pyramid at giza built for?
1 king Khufu
how were pyramids built?
1 stacking lots of 2.5 ton stone blocks
how did egytptians prepare for the afterlife?
1 by preserving the body
what is the book of the dead?
1 a book explaining the weighing of the heart
why did egytptians want to preserve bodies?
1 bthey believed they needed body in afterlife
