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Ancient Egypt moon's honors

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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
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