Kings and historical events/monuments Flashcards
Aha (D1)
First King
Can be Nemes, the unifier of Egypt
Djoser (D3)
Steppyramid, first monumental stonebuidling made by humans
Imhotep (D1)
Djosers architect and later godlike, NOT A KING
Khaba (D3)
Layer Pyramid
Sneferu (D4)
The Bent pyramid, first try to a traditional Pyramid
The Red Pyramid, First Real Pyramid
Both located in Dashur
Khufu (D4)
The Great Pyramid of Giza, biggest Pyramid
Sunboat
Papyrus Westcar, stories about king Khufu from the 18 dynasty
Djedefra (D4)
Son of Ra, first to use the sungod in name
Son of Khufu
Khafra (D4)
Son of Khufu, has a pyramid in Giza next to his father but it is a little smaller
Sphinx of Giza
Menkaura (D4)
Third Pyramid in Giza
Amenemhat I (D12)
Was a vesir for the previous king Mentuhotep IV
Made reliefs but wrote more about himself than the king
Is the first king of the 12th dynasty
Took artistic and grave inspiration from the Old Kingdom
Senwosret I (D12)
son of Amenemhat
Obelisk and White Chapel in Cairo
Attacked Nubia 7 times
Papyrus text from Illahun
Some of the most important textual finds from the middle kingdom, texts about everything
The Three stages of Dynasty 13
- First Period of short reigns
- Second mini dynasties of the Sebekhetep and Neferhetep families
- Third second period of short reigns
Hyksos (FIP)
Egyptian name of the foreign people from Asia
Great threath to Egypt
Settles in north of Egypt
Kush (FIP)
Group from Nubia
Threath to Egypt
16 and 17th Dynasty
Egypt was trapped between Hyksos and Kush Empires
Kamoses (D17)
Batlle against the Hyksos, last king of this dynasty
Ahmose (D18)
Finished the battle against the Hyksos, Theben took over the place where Hyksos were
Amenhotep I (D18)
Founded the workers village Deir el-Medina
Deir el-Medina
Workers Village in western Thebes
Worked on and made the tomb in The Vlley Of The Kings
Many Textual finds of civil people from there