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| 3100 BC |
Menes starts the 1st Dynasty and unites upper and lower egypt |
| 3100 to (2200) BC |
Old Kingdom (6th dynasty) |
| 2700 to 2500 BC |
Pyramids (3rd and 4th dynasties) |
| 2600 BC |
largest pyramid built |
| owner of largest pyramid |
Khufu |
| 2200 to 2050 BC |
1st intermediate period |
| 2050 to 1800 BC |
Middle Kingdom |
| Capital for New and Middle Kingdom |
Thebes |
| 1800 to 1570 BC |
2nd intermediate period |
| 1570 to 1090 BC |
New Kingdom |
| 1486 to 1468 BC |
Hatshepsut |
| Importance of Hatshepsut |
first female Pharoah |
| 1396 to 1361 |
Amenhotep ( HEIGHT OF egypts empire!!!) (Largest egypts going to get) |
| 1361 to 1353 BC |
Amenhotep 4th |
| 1352 to 1342 BC |
King Tut |
| 1290 to 1244 BC |
Ramses the great (A.K.A. Ramses the 3rd) |
| 1287 BC |
Battle of Kadesh |
| 1182 to 1151 BC |
Ramses the 3rd |
| 1050 BC to 31 AD |
the pharoahs are not actually egyptians egypt is controlled by a whole bunch of other people |
| 31 AD |
last dynasty |
| Cleopatra |
last Pharaoh |
| Ahkamenaton |
tried to change from a polytheistic to a monotheistic religion |
| Imonhoptet |
architect of first pyramid |
| Djoser |
owner of the 1st pyramid |
| Hittites |
fought at battle of Kadesh and signed a mutual aid treaty with egypt. |
| Ramses the Great (Ramses the 3rd) |
known for peace treaty and his massive building programs |
| Howard Carter |
FOUND KING TUTS Tomb intact!!! |
| Tuts tomb found |
1922 |
| Hyksos |
Took over Egypt caused the 2nd intermediate period |
| # of symbols in Egyptian Hieroglyphics |
600 to 700 |
| Memphis |
capital of Old Egypt |
| upper and lower egypt united by *blank* in *blank* |
Menes 3100 |
| height of Khufu's pyramid |
481 feet |
| # of stones in Khufu's pyramid |
2.3 million |
| Where Pharoahs were buried in New Kingdom |
Valley of the Kings |
| Where the pyramids were built |
Giza platuea |
| # of pyramids in all |
80 |
| the stone that brough Egyptian hieroglyphs back from the dead |
Rosetta stone |
| the person who translated the Rosetta stone |
Frances Chapone |
| Languages on Rosetta stone |
Greek, Demotic (Common peoples hieroglyphs) (less fancy), and Egyptian holography |
| The direction the Nile flows |
South to North |
| Delta |
a low, marshy area of land that looks like the 4th symbol in the Greek alphabet |
| Ptolemaic |
The belief that everything revolves around the Earth |
| Irrigation |
diggins ditches to bring water to dry parts of land |
| Predynastic |
Before the dynasties of Egypt |
| Pharoanic |
The rulers of egypt |
| Supernatural |
Above a natural force |
| Mystical |
Inspiring wonder |
| Sensationalist |
A person who beleives hoo ha without proper evidence |
| Reputable |
Good reputation |
| Heretic |
A person who does not believe the normal religion |
| incursions |
An aggressive entrance into foreign territory; a raid or invasion. |
| retaliation |
To return like for like, especially evil for evil |
| suzerainty |
the position or authority of a suzerain |
| concubine |
woman who cohabits with a man without being legally married to him. (Generally bears children) They exist so the king can still marry for peace treaties |
| obelisks |
A tall, four-sided shaft of stone, usually tapered and monolithic, that rises to a pointed pyramidal top |
| mercenaries |
Hired for service in a foreign army. |
| Start of flooding |
Late June - Early July |
| End of flooding |
October |
| Distance from Thebes to Memphis |
550 miles |
| time to take an average trip |
two weeks |
| the king of egypts gods |
amon-Ra (the sun god) |
| akhenentan's god (Akhenentan was also amanhotep the 4th) |
aton |
| Article #2 thesis |
Egyptians were the greatest organizers the world has seen |
| Article #1 thesis |
The Nile was the cornerstone of Egyptian life that provided necessities |
| Article #3 thesis |
The new Empire was a time of mass expansion. |
| The core of egypts mercenaries |
Nubians |
| The 2 things that had to survive to grant immortality |
There body and there name |
