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Ch. 2 History Notes
Term | Definition |
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Upper Egypt | the land directly south of the Nile River Delta. |
Kemet | The Black Land. |
The Nile River | the longest river in the world, about 4,000 miles long. |
The Sahara | the largest desert in the world, lies west of the Nile Valley. |
Social Classes of Egypt | pharaoh, priests and nobles, traders, artisans, shopkeepers, and scribes, farmers and herders, unskilled workers and slaves. |
Re | the sun god. |
Hapi | god who ruled the Nile River. |
Isis | goddess who ruled the underworld with her husband, Osiris; represented a loyal wife and mother. |
The Book of the Dead | contained a collection of spells that Egyptians believed they needed to enter the afterlife. |
Egyptian doctors | wrote the world's first medical book. |
Pyramids | the entrance always faced north. |
The Great Pyramid | the largest pyramid in Egypt. |
Hatshepsut | first female pharaoh. |
Ramses 2 | greatest of the New Kingdom pharaohs. |
Middle Kingdom | time of stability, prosperity, and achievement. |
Hyksos | a group of people from western Asia who conquered Egypt. |
New Kingdom | the reign of the pharaohs ended. |
Memphis | capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom. |
Thebes | capital of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom. |