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Egypt Flashcards

1
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Egypts river

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Nile

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2
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Egypt is in

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South Africa

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3
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Ancient Greek historian

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Herodotus

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4
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Rich & irritagated land of Egypt

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Black Land

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5
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Sunbaked desert in Eqypt

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Red Land

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6
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Farmers us the Nile Valley’s soil for

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Wheat & Flax

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7
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What is Flax

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Pant whose fibers were used 4 clothes

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8
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Where did the Nile rise

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Highlands of Ethiopia
Lakes of Central Africa

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9
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Upper Egypt was in the

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South

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10
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Lower Egypt was in the

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North

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11
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Upper Egypt stretched from

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Nile’s waterfall to Mediterranean Sea

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12
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Lower Egypt stretched from

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Delta region to Where Nile emptied in Med Sea

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13
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triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers

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Delta

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14
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Which king united the 2 regions of Egypt

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Menes

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15
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King made the capital

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Memphis

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16
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3 periods

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Old Kingdom, middle Kingdom, new Kingdom

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17
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Ruling family

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Dynasty

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18
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Egyptian ruler with unlimited power that were thought to become gods at death

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Pharaohs

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19
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Pharaohs maintained

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Justice and order

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20
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Chief minister

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Viziers

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21
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Wise vizier who trained official

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Ptah-hotep

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22
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where deceased spent afterlife

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Tombs

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23
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Places that took yrs to built preparing to bury the pharaohs tomb

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Pyramids

24
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Pyramids suggested ancient Egyptian civilization’s ____

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Strength

25
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Gold rich land to the south

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Nubia(kush)

26
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Invaders w/ horse chariots

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Hyksos

27
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Woman who declared herself as pharaoh

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Hatshepsut

28
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Hatshepsuts step son who expanded Egypt greatly

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Thutmose III

29
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Conquered syria, pushed control northward, defeated Hittites

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Ramses II

30
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Egypt signed a peace treaty with the

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Hittites

31
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Chief sun god

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Amon-Re

32
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Egypt’s government was a

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Theocracy

33
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Theocracy

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Religion & government intertwined p

34
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Gods of the dead and flooding of Nile

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Osiris & Isis

35
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Spells charms magic 4 souls in afterlife

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Book of the Dead

36
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Preserved corpses for afterlife

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Mummification

37
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Where were new kingdom pharaoh buried

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Valley of the Kings

38
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This tomb wasn’t robbed

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King Tut

39
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King tut’s stuff is in

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Cairo Egypt museum

40
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Serves god Aton and not Amon-Re

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Akhenaton

41
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Akhenaton and his wife ___ tried to rid of other gods

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Nefertiti

42
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Egypt society order

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Pharaohs —— high priest(esses) —- nobles —- merchants —— scribes & artisans —— peasants/farmers

43
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Brought riches to Egypt

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Trade

44
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Rights of women accorded to Ramses II

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may walk whenever she please no one may deny her

45
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Women couldn’t become _____ bcuz they couldn’t ____

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Scribes/govt officials Read/write

46
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Symbols 4 objects/concepts/sounds

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Hieroglyphics

47
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2 writings developed by Egyptians

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Hieratics + demotic

48
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Paper mad from plant —

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Papyrus

49
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In charge of record keeping

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Scribes

50
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Document translating hieroglyphics

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Rosetta Stone

51
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Adv cities of Egypt

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Memphis, kush, Cairo, yebu, Thebes, edfu

52
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Adv tech

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Medicine, cures, surgery, astronomy, geometry, calendars, dikes, dams, irrigation systems, pyramids mummification

53
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Specialized workers

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Scribes, Doctors, artisans, engineers, musicians, farmers

54
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Record keeping

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Cave art/writing, Rosetta Stone, papyrus, hieroglyphics, jewelry “Book of the dead”

55
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Complex institutions

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Pharaohs, polytheism, theocracy, viziers

56
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Lion/human pharaoh

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Sphinx

57
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Sphinx location

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Great Pyramids in Giza

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