Egypt New Kingdom Flashcards
Polytheistic
Lots of gods
Did Egyptians have as separate weird for religion? Why not?
No
Religion was essential to everything
Important gods
Osiris Isis Horus Set Sober
Osiris
Ressurection
Underworld
Isis
Sister/wife to Osiris
Pieces Osiris’s body back together
Motherhood/love
Horus
Isis/Osiris’s son
Fought Set after fathers death
Pharoah was seen as embodiment of Horus
Set
Osiris’s brother
Killed Osiris– cut him into 14 pieces
New Kingdom Achievements
Monumental architecture Military victories Geometry 365 day calendar Medical discoveries derived from embalming
Monumental architecture
Tombs cut in the side if chiffs very popular
Military victories(. ) use of …
Kadesh
Use of chariot warfare
Geometry
Calculating area and volume
Medical discoveries
Splints
Treating fractures
Wounds
Egyptian afterlife can be …… Or …… Based on what?
Good or bad
Based on actions
Afterlife kind of like
Karma
Death was …………. To Egypt
Highly important
Not like —— afterlife
Sumerian
HCode and BoD
Don’t steal from the gods
Murder
Assault
Oust
Kick out
Those upper Egyptians who oust the Hyksos are the first
New Kingdom Pharoahs
New Kingdom still run by a
Pharoah
New Kingdom more ————— than Middle Kingdom
Militaristic/expansionist
New kingdom Pharoahs conquer territory from Egypt from —- to the ——–
Libya
Euphrates river
—— viziers because of
2
So many more people
- – vizier for lower Egypt
- – for upper
1
1
Vizier of —— Egypt was only person allowed to be
Upper
Alone with the Pharoah
Amenhotep IV does away with ——-, substitutes worship in the only —– god, —–
Polytheism
Sun
Aton
Amenhotep closes —– of other gods
Temples
Amenhotep renames himself
Akenhaten
Sea people
Who? Confederacy of naval raiders who attacked the coastal towns of Egypt from 1276-1178 BC
No one is positive about sea peoples
Because
Only sources about them from Egyptians
The New Kingdom was massively
Wealthy
New Kingdom had a ——- economy
Barter
People paid in ——————–= the things they needed to live
Grain Meat Oil Beer Flax
————– was not encouraged in Egypt - if it ain’t broke don’t fix it
Progress and invention
The Egyptians were extremely ——–
Traditional
Less progress and invention affected them ———— because they were eventually defeated by ————————–
Politically
People who invent
Egypt lacked —–
Iron
——- was important to the Egyptians
Geometry
Egyptians did not have a problem marrying ——–
Family members
Family/marriage was very ——– to the Egyptians
Important
—— women were not allowed out of the home
Unmarried
Egyptian pets
Cats
Dogs
Gazelles
Monkeys
Divorce was ———- but ————- in ancient Egypt
Possible
Expensive
Egyptian children learn to read by
Reciting out loud
There were — phonetic symbols/letters
700
——– was important in moving up the social ladder
Literacy
Girls didn’t go to school they learned at —-
Home
What do scribes write about?
EVERYTHING
The ———,———,———,——— had scribes
Bureaucracy
Army
Temples
Religious foundations
Being a scribe was one of the few paths to upward ——————-
Social advancement
The Sea Peoples’ overall affect?
They bring an end to the Egyptian empire
Hyksos invasion and rule
1652-1567 BC
New Kingdom
1567-1085 BC
Sea Peoples’ invasion
1276-1178 BC
Middle Kingdom
2050-1652
Children often named after
Grandparents