Egypt Flashcards
The nile river flows…
north into the mediterranean sea
The nile river had predictable flooding however…
too little or too much flooding can be disastrous
The egypt desert…
isolated egypt and forced them to stay near a river
The egyptian city memphis is known for…
being capital during old kingdom, founded by menes
Upper and Lower egypt were unified by…
menes
The egyptian city thebes is known for…
being capital during new kingdom and the valley of kings
Theocracy is a system of ruling in which…
rulers have political and religious power
Pharaoh’s are…
ancient egyptian rulers who were seen as gods.
Polytheistic people worshipped…
many gods
Black land was…
created by the nile river flooding and was used for growing crops
Red land was…
the desert that surrounded and protected egypt
the egyptians saw the afterlife as a…
happy place. There is evidence of this, mummies, artifacts, hieroglyphics
A vizier is…
the adviser of the pharaoh
Social mobility is…
the ability to move up through social classes
Women in egypt were treated…
treated equally and possesed the same rights as men
