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Mesopotamia & Egypt
World History Unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In what year were the first hieroglyphs of Egypt dated? | 3200 BC |
| Who built the Great Pyramid of Giza? | Khufu |
| Which pharaoh built the first pyramid in Egypt? | Djoser |
| Who invaded Egypt to end the Middle Kingdom period? | the Hyksos |
| What do we call the period of Egyptian history from 2643-2181 BC? | Old Kingdom |
| Egypt's first female Pharaoh | Hatshepsut |
| What were Pyramids used for in Egypt | tombs for the Pharaohs |
| Who was the sun God? | Ra |
| When did Cleopatra begin her rule? | 51 BC |
| Who ruled over Egypt following the death of Alexander the Great? | Ptolemy |
| What was the name of the kingdom that developed south of Egypt during the 2nd Intermediate Period? | Kush/Nubia |
| What are the time periods called between the major kingdoms of Egyptian history? | Intermediate Periods |
| When did Ramses II rule? | New Kingdom |
| Why did the Pharaohs move their tombs to the Valley of the Kings? | Pyramids were targets for grave robbers |
| What cities functioned as capitals at some point in Egyptian history? | Memphis, Thebes, Cairo (today Cairo) |
| Who is the traditional Pharaoh of the Exodus? | Ramses II |
| Who was the likely Pharaoh of the Exodus based on the evidence we have? | Dudemose II |
| What direction does the Nile flow? | South to North |
| What ocean/sea does the Nile flow into? | Mediterranean |
| How did Upper Egypt get its name? | It is upriver on the Nile |
| What do we call a line of rulers from one family in monarchies throughout history? | a dynasty |
| What is a delta? | an area of sediment or soil carried by water, usually where the river ends |
| What desert borders Egypt in the west? | Sahara |
| When was Egypt invaded by Alexander the Great | 332 BC |
| When did the Middle Kingdom start and end? | 2040-1782 BC |
| Why was Egyptian society so stable and powerful for so long? | the fertile flood plains of the Nile |
| Why is King Tut so famous today? | He was the only Pharaoh who was found in his tomb with his treasure |
| Under which pharaoh did Egypt reach its greatest extent of power | Thutmoses I |
| What was the real name of King Tut | Tutankhamun |
| What does the sphinx represent? | the Pharaoh Khafre |
| What is the name of the "land between the rivers" where the earliest human civilizations are known to have started? | Mesopotamia |
| What is the earliest human civilization according to current historical understanding? | Sumer |
| What was the earliest writing system known to man, developed by the earliest civilization? | Cunieform |
| What was the name of the stepped, pyramid-like, structure that was common in the early Ancient Near East civilizations? | a Ziggurat |
| Who was the king of the Old Babylonian empire that developed one of the oldest known systems of law in the ancient world? | Hammurabi |
| What was the name of the Babylonian creation story which depicted the world being created out of the dead body of a god slain by another god? | The Enuma Elish |
| What Ancient Near East civilization conquered the Old Babylonian Empire and later conquered the kingdom of Israel? | The Assyrians |
| What Ancient Near East civilization conquered the Assyrians and eventually conquered the kingdom of Judah, taking the Jews into captivity? | Babylon (the Neo-Babylonian Empire) |
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