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egypt test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| delta | fertile flat land made of silt that was dropped by by a river as it drains into a bigger body of water |
| lower egypt | located north of upper egypt because that is downstrem xon the river |
| upper egypt | located south of lower egypt |
| nilometer | staircase that measures the height of the nile river when it floods |
| king menes | king of upper egypt his army overthrew the king of liwer egypt laterhe unified lower egyp and upper egypt |
| unification | the joining of separate parts into one |
| pharaoh | refers to the "great place" later it became the name given to all the rulers in egypt |
| old kingdom | lasted from about 2700 bce to about 2200 bce |
| memphis | created by menes located in lower egypt and was the capitol |
| horus | god who united the two egypts |
| main crops | lettuce onions wheat barely beans and flax flax was a plant which made linen also cucumbers were a smaller crop |
| shadoof | lifted water into their fields |
| egypt | a country in northeast africa birthplace of he ancient civilization |
| ra | sun god believed he gave life to earth and also was the most important god |
| isis | mother of horus and protected people from sickness and harm and was the most important goddess |
| mummification | egyptions believed they would need their bodies in the afterlife priests used spices and minerals to preserve the body then wrapped them in strips of cloth |
| pyrimids | huge stone structures that were built as tombs or bureall places for the pharaoh |
| timhotep | first archetect know by name in history |
| zosers pyrimid | pharaoh who ruled around 2780 bce first large building to be made of stone stepped with several layers without straight or smooth sides |
| khufu | largest of the three great pyrimids in gizo was the old kingdoms most spectacular monument |
| hieroglyphics | ancient egyption system of writing the symbols stood for objects ideas and sounds |
| papyrus | plant used for writing and it grew in the nile |
| jean champonioln | translator of the rosetta stone |
| economy | the way the country manages money and recources for the production of goods and services |
| hatshepsut | first woman ruler ever known (pharaoh) organized a trading expidition to punt and was such a great ruler that when she died the egyption empire weakened |
| middle kingdom | lasted until 1700 bce it was a time of change and prosperity gained rights that they had not had in the old kingdom |
| nubia | had gold mines and the middle kingdom conquered and used its wealth |
| hyksos | during the middle kingdom- defeated the egyptions and ruled lower egypt (used bronze weapons and sturdy bows) |
| ahmose 1 | defeated the hyksos- led to the new kingdom |
| expidition | a journey undertaken for a specific purpose |
| kush | wealthy kingdom that controlled trade with african kingdoms chad gold,copper, |
| amenhotep 1 | traded with people in africa asia and southern europe also he built temples in karnak and nubia |
| akhenton | destroyed all images of amon and made egypt worship aton he practiced the monotheistic religion |
| ramses 2 | ruled for 67 years from 1304 bce to 1237 bce he was a wise and powerful ruler then 100 years after his death the kingdom collapsed (not litteral) |
| what happened in the old kingdom | king menes united upper and lower egypt the pharaoh became the center if the egyption civilization local officials helped the pharaoh with inportanat tasks economy was based on agriculture the first pyrimids were built including the great pyrimid |
| what happened in the old kingdom continuation | hieroglyphics were developed |
| what happened in the middle kingdom | increased egypts contacts with others around the world. was a time of change and prosperity. pharaohs of the middle kingdom conquered nubia and used its wealth. gained rights that they had not had in the old kingdom. |
| what happened in the new kingdom | pharaoh ahmose 1 attacked lower egypt defeated the hyksos and began a new period of egyption history ahmose 1 and later pharaohs made egypt the strongest military egypts armies conqured many nearby lands |
| continuation from what happened in the new kingdom | conquering helped the pharaohs create a strong empire |
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