Egypt Flashcards
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What is Egypt centered around?
Nile River Valley
Egypt is centered around the
Nile River Valley
What does the Nile River do at the same time every year?
Floods
What beneficial thing does quading leave every year?
Fertilizing sIlt
What about the floods was associated with their gods?
Predictability
What geological feature divides the Nile and creates rapids?
The Cataracts
What does the first cataract mark Upper Egypt?
Southern borders
Which way does the Nile flow?
North
What is Egypt protected by to the east and west?
Deserts
When did the Old Kingdom take place?
2700- 2200 BCE
What was the Old Kingdom also called?
Pyramid age
Who built tombs that would last for eternity?
Pharaohs
When Pharaoh’s took the throne what usually started?
Building
What were the hieroglyphics based on?
Samaritan script pictogrphic
When did the Middle Kingdom takes place?
2050 - 1800 bce