Midterm Study

Question 1

what part of ancient egypt is Asyut located?

Answer 1

Upper Egypt

Question 2

what distinguishes upper from lower egypt?

Answer 2

Upper Egypt is a valley, lower egypt a broad expanse

Question 3

what distinction is important to the ancient Egyptian world view?

Answer 3

the ideal was the unification between upper egypt and lower egypt

Question 4

who is horus?

Answer 4

falcon god

Question 5

who is manetho?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

what languages are written on the rosetta stone?

Answer 6

Middle Egyptian, demotic, greek

Question 7

what is an ostracon?

Answer 7

a piece of stone or potsherd

Question 8

what is a state?

Answer 8

a state political organization with certain characteristics

Question 9

what are the characteristics of a state?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

does ancient egypt qualify as a state?

Answer 10

yes

Question 11

when did ancient egypt become a state?

Answer 11

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

Question 12

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

Answer 12

it rapidly developed into a large territorial state

Question 13

what crown does king scorpion wear?

Answer 13

white crown of upper egypt

Question 14

when did the first unification of egypt happen?

Answer 14

ca. 3000 BCE

Question 15

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

Answer 15

their size and contents show differences in wealth and social status

Question 16

what term is used to indicate administrative subdivisions of egypt?

Answer 16

nome

Question 17

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

Answer 17

nomarch

Question 18

can nomarchs present a challenge to the unified state?

Answer 18

yes, they can establish local fiefdoms

Question 19

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

Answer 19

True

Question 20

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

Answer 20

false

Question 21

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

Answer 21

both

Question 22

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

Answer 22

both

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Yes

Question 24

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

Answer 24

false

Question 25

where were the royal tombs of egypt located?

Answer 25

near the capital city in the westen desert

Question 26

where was egypt's old kingdom capital located?

Answer 26

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

Question 27

who is merer?

Answer 27

inspector in charge of stone transport

Question 28

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

Answer 28

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

Question 29

where is giza located?

Answer 29

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

Question 30

who built the pyramids?

Answer 30

recruited men and women

Question 31

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

Answer 31

true

Question 32

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

Answer 32

subsidiary burials, valley temple, mortuary temple, causeway

Question 33

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

Answer 33

all the above

Question 34

where is hierakonpolis?

Answer 34

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.

Question 35

where is memphis?

Answer 35

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

Question 36

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

Answer 36

in the context of the unification of upper and lower egypt

Question 37

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

Answer 37

the region was not politically unified at all

Question 38

what is the purpose of an execration text?

Answer 38

to ward off the potential threats of foreigners magically

Question 39

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

Answer 39

the foreign is considered a threat

Question 40

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

Answer 40

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

Question 41

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

Answer 41

egypt had a monopoly on gold mining

Question 42

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

Answer 42

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

Question 43

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

Answer 43

Mittanni

Question 44

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

Answer 44

divided into small kingdoms

Question 45

what are the amarna letters?

Answer 45

clay tablets with the royal correspondence of egypt written in babylonian

Question 46

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

Answer 46

nubians

Question 47

what is the meaning of the term C-group?

Answer 47

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