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Geography

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Nile River & Libyan Desert
Water for crops & rich silt to fertilize; Nile floods predictable; no seasons; Egypt was almost entirely isolated before 1200 BC; desert, Mediterranean & Red Sea. Pharaoh put fort on either side of the Nile for protection

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What did Herodotus do & say?

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He invented history & the Nile was a gift to Egypt

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About Egyptions

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Positive and optimistic

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Egyptian Governement

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Central government

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Great Pyramid

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1st pyramid built & the best; 2,700 BC; Chedps, khufu

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What is Ma’at?

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Ma’at is an ethical concept; it’s symbol is a feather

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What is ethics?

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Ethics is a study of how to be a good person

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What is cosmic harmony?

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the idea that there is a fundamental right harmony in society and the entire cosmics. There is a connection between everything, but only one right way to connect them

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Religion

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Polytheists; you don’t emulate god, you emulate Ma’at; they worshiped demons; believed in a afterlife

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What is Ptah?

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The story of creation

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Who is Anubis?

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Takes you to the scale and reaches into your chest and takes your heart and puts it on the scale against the feather of truth (ma’at)

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Who is Ammit the eater?

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Ammit eats your heart if its heavier than Ma’at, and you go to hell to become a demon

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What is sister marriage?

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Pharaohs would marry their sisters to preserve the blood lines.

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What did the Egyptians invent?

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Poetry

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What writing system did the Egyptians invent?

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Hieroglyphics- means sacred writings; dies out around 3rd/4th AD

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When does Christianity spread?

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3/4 AD

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Which is more difficult cuneiform or hieroglyphics?

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Heiroglyphics

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How did we learn hieroglyphics?

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The Rosetta

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Name the Egyptian kingdoms in order.

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Old Kingdom, Interlude, Middle Kingdom, Huksos Interlude, New Kingdom

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When was the Old Kingdom?

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c2700 BC - c2200 BC

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What time period is the Middle Kingdom?

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c2050 BC - c1785 BC

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What time period is the New Kingdom?

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c1560 BC - c1070 BC

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When were upper & lower Egypt unified?

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What did the Egyptians think of the Old Kingdom?

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The Egyptians believed that the Old Kingdom was the perfect time; in Ma’at

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What did people from the Old Kingdom believe about Innovation?
The people in the Old Kingdom believe that innovation caused problems.
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What significant thing did the Middle Kingdom do?
Set up boarders and started taking over surrounding
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What did the people of the Middle Kingdom think about themselves?
They believed that they were the chosen people & perfect; they were smug unlike the Jew who were self critical.
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What did the Huksos invent?
War chariot & composite bow
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Who are the Huksos?
They defeated the Egyptians
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What did the Egyptians do after they were defeated?
The Egyptians rebelled and set up the New Kingdom.
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What did the New Kingdom do?
Set up boarders
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How did the people of the New Kingdom feel after they rebelled against the Huksos?
Their confidence was shaken
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Why did they think the Middle Kingdom fell?
They thought it fell because they angered the gods.
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Who was Amenhotep IV and what did he change his name to?
He was a Pharaoh c1369- c1353. He changed his name to Akhenaten
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What is it called when you worship one god, but believe in many?
henotheism
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Akhenaten practiced _________________
henotheism; he worshiped the sun god, Amon
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What happened after he died?
The priests took over and tried to erase it from history. Everyone moved out of the city- 1353 BC
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Who was the Pharaoh towards the end of the New Kingdom
Ramses II (c1290-c1224); he was a soldier Pharaoh
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Who tries to take over Egypt when Ramses II is in power?
The sea people. Ramses II deflects the sea people to palestine
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What are the people of Palestine know as?
Philistines
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What time period was Ramses II in power?
The time of Moses
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When was the battle of Quadesh?
1286 BC
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What happened in the battle of Quadesh?
The Hittites ambushed the Ramses
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What happened after the Ramses?
Egyptian civilization collapsed
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Who conquered the Egyptians?
The Syrians.Then the Egyptians threw them out.
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Who and when conquered the Egyptians after they threw out the Syrians?
The Persians; 525 BC
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Until what time was Egypt ruled by others?
20th century

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