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Location to the far east (6)

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Kadesh

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Second to north on Nile (5)

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Giza

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Fourth to north on Nile (3)

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Akhetaten

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Far West city (2)

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Fayyum

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Third to north on Nile (4)

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Memphis

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Southernmost on Nile (9)

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Abu Simbel

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Sixth to north on Nile (1)

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Thebes

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Northernmost on Nile (7)

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Alexandria

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Seventh to north on Nile (8)

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Nekhen

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Fifth to north on Nile (10)

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Abydos

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Narmer Palette: What is it?

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An Egyptian ceremonial engraving depicting the King, Narmer, uniting Lower and Upper Egypt.

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When was the Old Kingdom

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2600-2150 BCE

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When was the Middle Kingdom

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2000-1800 BCE

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When was the New Kingdom

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1550-1100 BCE

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When was the Late Period

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715-332 BCE

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When was the Ptolemaic Period?

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332-30 BCE

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When did Egypt become a province of Rome?

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30 BCE

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What is a mastaba?

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It is a burial site, similar to a ziggurat

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Where were hieroglyphs first discovered?

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Abydos in a ruler’s burial chambers

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20
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What is Nekhen also know as?

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Hierakonpolis

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21
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Where was the Narmer palette found?

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Nekhen

22
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Where and when was the Narmer Palette found?

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1898 in Nekhen

23
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When was the Narmer Palette created?

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3100 BCE (Old Kingdom)

24
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What does the Narmer Palette depict?

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On one side, it shows a celebration of Narmer, with his lower Egypt attire and his decapitated enemies. On the other side, it shows Narmer in his upper Egypt attire, attacking an enemy, demonstrating his power.

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How did pharaohs get power in the Old Kingdom?

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They were thought to protect people from chaos and to promote order in the presence of the divine force, the Sun.

26
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What gods was most associated with the pharaohs?

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Horus, the falcon god and Ra/Re, the sun god

27
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Where was the capital of the Old Kingdom?

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Memphis

28
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Where was the first step pyramid built under Djoser?

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Saqqara

29
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Where are the three big pyramids found?

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Giza

30
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What happened during intermediate periods?

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Chaos and disorder, no unification

31
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How does the afterlife work?

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When a person dies, there are many steps and test they must pass. The Book of the Dead allows them learn about how to beat these trials

32
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The worship of what god increased in the Middle Kingdom?

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Osiris. People believed that the gods walked among them

33
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Where was the Funerary Complex of Senworset III created?

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Dashur in 1900 BCE (Middle Kingdom)

34
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How did the Middle Kingdom end?

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Ecological stress, power struggles, weak pharoahs.

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What happened during the Second Intermediate Period?

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The Hyksos invaded and settled. Moved capital to Avaris

36
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What was the capital in the Middle Kingdom

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Thebes

37
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What did Kabose and Ahmose do?

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Took back Egypt and drove Hyksos out of Egypt. Turned Avaris into a fortress

38
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Where was the administrative capital in the New Kingdom?

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Memphis

39
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When was the Valley of Kings developed?

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1539-1075 BCE

40
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What is Karnak?

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One of the largest religious complexes built. Contained precinct dedicated to Amen-Re

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Why is Hatshepsut important?

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Created power through art, female leader, created obelisks in Karnak.

42
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What does kneeling Hatshepsut show?

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It shows her offering to the gods and being a servant of them

43
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What did Akhenaten do?

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Transformed Egypt to worship one god, Aten (the disk of the Sun). Weakened Egypt and didn’t do his duties

44
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Where did Akhenaten move the capital to?

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Akhetaten

45
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What do the images of the sun show?

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They show Akhenaten and his wife Nefriti being the intermediaries of the god Aten.

46
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What did Tutankhamun do?

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He reversed Akhenaten’s ways and returned the capital to Memphis

47
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What did Ramsses II do?

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Reasserted Egypt’s dominance and held off the Sea People’s attacks. Created many monuments and borders to glorify Egypt

48
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What is the Battle of Kadesh?

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Battle between Egypt and Hittite. Ended in stalemate but both sides say they won.

49
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What are the Temples at Abu Simbel?

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The Great Temple that Ramsses II dedicated to himself and the Small Temple dedicated to his wife.

50
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What happened in the Third Intermediate Period?

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Egypt’s borders shrank, no unified rule, and foreign powers invaded.

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