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1
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what part of ancient egypt is Asyut located?

A

Upper Egypt

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2
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what distinguishes upper from lower egypt?

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Upper Egypt is a valley, lower egypt a broad expanse

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3
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what distinction is important to the ancient Egyptian world view?

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the ideal was the unification between upper egypt and lower egypt

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4
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who is horus?

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falcon god

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5
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who is manetho?

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priest in the ptolemaic period who wrote a history of egypt in greek

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6
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what languages are written on the rosetta stone?

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Middle Egyptian, demotic, greek

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7
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what is an ostracon?

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a piece of stone or potsherd

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8
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what is a state?

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a state political organization with certain characteristics

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what are the characteristics of a state?

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defined territory, population, government, sovereignty, independence, and legitimacy.

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10
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does ancient egypt qualify as a state?

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yes

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11
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when did ancient egypt become a state?

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around 3000 bc at the start of the “dynastic period”

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12
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what makes egypt unusual among the early states in world history?

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it rapidly developed into a large territorial state

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13
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what crown does king scorpion wear?

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white crown of upper egypt

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14
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when did the first unification of egypt happen?

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ca. 3000 BCE

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15
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why are cemeteries the primary source for the study of social transformations in prehistoric egypt?

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their size and contents show differences in wealth and social status

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16
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what term is used to indicate administrative subdivisions of egypt?

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nome

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17
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what is the title used to indicate the highest official in the nome?

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nomarch

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18
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can nomarchs present a challenge to the unified state?

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yes, they can establish local fiefdoms

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19
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true or false: the competition between nomes and the unified state is one of the central features of ancient Egyptian history

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True

20
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true or false: in kingdom periods the nomes dominate, in intermediate periods the state does

A

false

21
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does the “state” complicate social interactions or simplify them?

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both

22
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when we look at ancient egyptians remains, what do we find?

A

both

23
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does that mean that state was all powerful in ancient Egypt?

A

Yes

24
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true or false: only states accomplished “great” things in the ancient Egypt world

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false

25
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where were the royal tombs of egypt located?

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near the capital city in the westen desert

26
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where was egypt’s old kingdom capital located?

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Memphis, which is located in the north of modern-day Cairo, near the Nile delta.

27
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who is merer?

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inspector in charge of stone transport

28
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why is merer’s journal important for the study of khufu’s pyramid?

A

it documents daily how the stons were transported

it reveals how the nile gave access to the pyramid plateau

it shows the organization of the labor force

29
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where is giza located?

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Giza is located in Egypt, on the west bank of the Nile River, approximately 20 kilometers southwest of the center of modern-day Cairo

30
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who built the pyramids?

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recruited men and women

31
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true or false: the pyramid complex is only for the burial of the King

A

true

32
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what other elements need to be included in a pyramid complex?

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subsidiary burials, valley temple, mortuary temple, causeway

33
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what are characteristics of the old kingdom in egypt?

centralization of power in the person of the king

focus of building activities in area of the capital city

large bureaucracy

ideological harmony

A

all the above

34
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where is hierakonpolis?

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Hierakonpolis, also known as Nekhen, is an ancient city located in Upper Egypt, near the modern-day city of Edfu. It is situated on the west bank of the Nile River, about 100 kilometers south of Luxor.

35
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where is memphis?

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located in the north of the country, south of the Nile Delta region.

36
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in what context does the use of force appear in early egyptian royal imagery?

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in the context of the unification of upper and lower egypt

37
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what was the political organization of the area south of egypt (nubia) starting in the first intermediate period?

A

the region was not politically unified at all

38
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what is the purpose of an execration text?

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to ward off the potential threats of foreigners magically

39
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what is the basic attitude toward the foreign shown in execration texts?

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the foreign is considered a threat

40
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during the 2nd intermediate period what was the political situation in egypt?

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the power was held by 3 competing groups: thebans, hyksos, and nubians

41
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why did gold play a central role in egypts interactions with its peers?

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egypt had a monopoly on gold mining

42
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how deos the acknowledgment of equals, “brothers”, among foreign rulers present a challenge to the Egyptian ideal of kingship?

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in egyptian ideology there could only be one king at a time, so the diplomatic language was for international use only

43
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what major state did egypt encounter in northern Syria during its expansion in the early 18th dynasty?

A

Mittanni

44
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what was the political orgaization in the syro-palestinian region, between egypt and mitanni? choose the correct answer below

A

divided into small kingdoms

45
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what are the amarna letters?

A

clay tablets with the royal correspondence of egypt written in babylonian

46
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who controlled the 2nd cataract forts during the 2nd intermediate period?

A

nubians

47
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what is the meaning of the term C-group?

A

the archaeological culture in lower nubia during the 1st intermediate period and the middle kingdom

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