Egypt Flashcards

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1
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What is Egypt centered around?

A

Nile River Valley

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2
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Egypt is centered around the

A

Nile River Valley

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3
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What does the Nile River do at the same time every year?

A

Floods

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4
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What beneficial thing does quading leave every year?

A

Fertilizing sIlt

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5
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What about the floods was associated with their gods?

A

Predictability

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6
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What geological feature divides the Nile and creates rapids?

A

The Cataracts

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7
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What does the first cataract mark Upper Egypt?

A

Southern borders

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8
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Which way does the Nile flow?

A

North

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9
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What is Egypt protected by to the east and west?

A

Deserts

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10
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When did the Old Kingdom take place?

A

2700- 2200 BCE

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11
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What was the Old Kingdom also called?

A

Pyramid age

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12
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Who built tombs that would last for eternity?

A

Pharaohs

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13
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When Pharaoh’s took the throne what usually started?

A

Building

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14
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What were the hieroglyphics based on?

A

Samaritan script pictogrphic

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15
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When did the Middle Kingdom takes place?

A

2050 - 1800 bce

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16
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Who stored prosperity and stability?

A

Pharaohs

17
Q

Who did the Egyptians trade with?

A

Nubians

18
Q

What of the two people began to mix?

A

Cultures

19
Q

What did the Egyptian Army eventually occupied?

A

Nubia

20
Q

What court allows more people to enter the afterlife?

A

Cult of gsiris

21
Q

But was there more of due to drainage projects?

A

Arable land

22
Q

When did the New Kingdom taked place?

A

1550 - 1100 b c e

23
Q

Large Empires reach what river?

A

The Euphrates River

24
Q

More contact with other?

A

Civilization

25
Q

The first known what was signed with the Hittites?

A

Peace treaty

26
Q

Who did New leaders drive out and what did it result in?

A

Hyksos and pharaoh

27
Q

Egypt is United by

A

Upper and lower Egypt

28
Q

In Egypt who has strong central Authority and has absolute power?

A

Pharaohs

29
Q

Who the chief minister who supervise day-to-day government

A

Vizier

30
Q

What were the locals name?

A

Nomarchs

31
Q

What storage due to crop failures and what?

A

Food and drought

32
Q

What has cost a lot in Egypt

A

Pyramid

33
Q

Who adopted Egyptian customs and beliefs

A

Hyksos

34
Q

Who was the first female pharaoh who encouraged trade?

A

Hatshepsut

35
Q

Who was the first monotheist and husband of Nefertiti?

A

akteaaton/Amonhoteplv

36
Q

It’s a famous tomb

A

King Tuts tomb

37
Q

He was very powerful and ruled for 67 years and defeated the Hittites

A

Ramses 2

38
Q

Power decline after who died?

A

Ramses 2

39
Q

Who conquered Egypt?

A

See people Hyksos Persians and Greeks