WH Ch 5 Flashcards
What is the home of the world’s largest desert
Egypt
what is the world’s largest desert
sahara
small states in early egyptain history
Nomes
strong rulers of nomes
pharos
United upper and lower egypt to rule as one pharoh
menes
egypts main nickname
gift of the nile
Longest river in the world
nile
who gave egypt its nicknames
Herodotus
what two things gave life/structure to egypt
water and papyrus palnts
triangle shaped area of land in north egypt where most early settlements were found
nile delta
written language of egypt
hieroglyphics
used the rosette stone to interperate heiroglyphics
Jean Francis Champollion
2 capitals of egypt
memphis and thebes
Graduates of scribal schools in egypt could recieve what type of jobs
political or religous
What three things did the egyptians believe in
Humanism,naturalism,and polytheism