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history ch 5 Flashcards

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Originally connected Asia and Africa

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Isthmus of Suez

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largest desert

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Sahara

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longest river

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Nile

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small states (divisions) of early egyptian history

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Nomes

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strong rulers of nomes

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Pharaohs

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Two parts of egypt and where they are

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Upper(nile river starts) and Lower Egypt(nile river ends)

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United the two states and was the first to rule over a United Egypt

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Menes

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8
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what is egypt called

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“Gift of the Nile”

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Longest river in the world

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The Nile

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Greek historian that called Egypt “gift of the nile”

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Herodotus

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gave life and shelter to egypt

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Water and papyrus plants

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triangle shaped area of land in north egypt where most early settlements were located

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Nile Delta

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13
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written language of Egypt

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Hieroglyphics

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used Rosetta Stone to interpret hieroglyphics

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Jean Francis Champollion

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Two capitals of Ancient Egypt

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Memphis and Thebes

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symbol of egyptian state and society

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Pyramid

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three classes that a pyramid represent

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Pharaoh
Priests and Scholars
Everyone else

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the head of government and religion; all officials answered to him; believed he was god incarnate

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Pharaoh

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schools for boys in egypt

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scribal schools

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two types of jobs graduates of scribal schools could earn

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political or religious jobs

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three religions of egypt

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humanism (pharaoh), naturalism (animals, nile river), and polytheism(multiple gods)

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What were their views on immortality?

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They focused on preparing their bodies for the next world

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one of the wonders of the world; tomb for pharaohs

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The Great Pyramid of Cheops (giza)

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one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the ancient world

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King Tut’s tomb

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the preservation of the bodies of the dead for the “afterlife”

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Mummification

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Three ages of egypt

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Old kingdom, middle kingdom, new kingdom

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Most famous rulers of the Old Kingdom

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Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure

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built at giza for each pharaoh

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pyramids

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the two ancient wonders of the world

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Great Pyramids of Giza; The Great Sphinx

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Who was the great sphinx meant to resemble

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it was built in Khafre’s likeness

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first leader of the middle kingdom

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Mentuhotep the First

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time/kingdom that abraham was in

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middle kingdom

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invaders from Asia who conquered Egypt and ended the Middle Kingdom

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Hyksos

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founded the new kingdom

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Ahmose I

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A female pharaoh; may have been moses’ mother

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Hatshepsut

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known as the Egyptian Empire because Egypt reestablished its empire in Asia

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New Kingdom

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expanded Egypt’s border further than any other ruler

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Thutmose III

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Thutmose III’s son

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Amenhotep II

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may have been pharaoh during the Exodus

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Amenhotep II

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Outstanding monarch of the Later New Kingdom

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Ramses II

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Conquered Egyptian empire

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Alexander the Great

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most important city in Alexander’s empire

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Alexandria

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took over Egypt after division

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Ptolemy

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capital of Egypt; center of Egyptian life

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Cairo

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