Lecture 1 Flashcards
Name 2 sources for Egyptian History.
Herodotus and Manetho.
When can we date Herodotus to?
c. 450 BC
When can we date Manetho to?
3rd century BC
What is a positive of using Herodotus as a source?
Valuable for foreign relations from 650 BC onwards.
What is the only text by Mantheo that survives?
A kings-list.
Who uses the first term ‘dynasty’?
Manetho
What does Herodotus say about the Nile?
Egypt is the Gift of the Nile.
How do we understand hieroglyphs?
The decipherment of the Rosetta Stone has been most influential in increasing our understanding of Hieroglyphs.
When do the earliest finds of Lapis Lazuli in Egypt date to?
3000 BC
What inspiration did the Greeks take from the Egyptians?
Temple building and statuary.
Another name for the black land?
The Alluvial plain.
What kind of evidence do we get from ancient Egypt?
Strongly bias. More funerary than settlements.
Who was the god of the Nile?
Hapy
What kind of houses did they build in early years?
Mud brick houses
What caused the river to flood?
Ethiopian rainfall.
