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TeamSpenceAncientEgy
TeamSpence, Ancient Egypt
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who traveled in Egypt about 450 B.C.E. and explained the craft of mummification | Herodotus |
| What were pyramids built for | Tombs of emperors |
| What is the longest river in Egypt | the Nile |
| Who did the Egyptians trade with | Mesopotamian people, Phoenicians, and Africans |
| How did domesticated animals reach Egypt | Nubia |
| Where did Egyptians move when the whether increased in temperature in 5000 B.C.E | Moved to bodies of water such as the Nile |
| What caused the fertile muck used for farming in Egypt each year | The Nile Flooding |
| Who was "the gift of the Nile" | Egypt |
| What discouraged invaders from invading Egypt | The Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and the deserts |
| Where did the idea of divine Egyptian rulers come from | Eastern and Central Sudan |
| When did small kingdoms first appear in ancient Egypt | after 4000 B.C.E. |
| Why is the Nile different than other rivers(Besides its size) | It flows to the North |
| When did the kingdom of Ta-Seti flourish | c. 3400 B.C.E. |
| when did unified rule come to Egypt | 3100 B.C.E. |
| Who unified Egypt | Menes |
| What was the name of Menes Capital | Memphis |
| What was and Egyptian Pharaoh considered | A god in human form living on earth |
| When was the Archaic Period | 3100-2660B.C.E. |
| When was the Old Kingdom | 2660-2160B.C.E. |
| When were most of the pyramids erected | between 2600 and 2500 B.C.E. |
| Where are the Pharaoh's tombs located | Giza near Cairo |
| When did Egyptians retreat from Nubia | 1100 B.C.E. |
| Capital of Kush | Napata |
| How long did the Kushite dynasty last | almost a century |
| Where was the political center of Egypt | Thebes |
| What does Heliopolis mean | "City of the Sun" |
| when was Heliopolis founded | 2900 B.C.E. |
| Who was the sun god | Re |
| What were the most prominent Nubian cities | Kerma, Napta, and Meroe |
| Did Egypt have social classes | yes they had structured class |
| what did the peasants and slaves do | supplied hard labor that mad complex agricultural society possible |
| why was there no noble class | because the pharaoh had supreme rule |
| how could commoners move up in rank | through government service |
| who had most of the power in the house | the adult men |
| how were the wealthy buried | in elaborate tombs |
| what did graves of commoners contain | jewelry, pottery,, personal ornaments, and other goods to accompany the departed |
| why did queen Hatshepsut dress like a man | the idea of a queen pharaoh was uncommon to the people of Egypt so she dressed like a man |
| what are some of the more powerful jobs women had | priestesses, and scribes |
| who encouraged the Egyptians to start to use bronze | the Hyksos |
| what city was the site of much Iron metallurgy | Meroe |
| why is north south and south north in Egypt | the Nile flows from South to North |
| how were Egyptians able to sail up the Nile year round | Strong winds blew year round |
| What were the means of transportation in Egypt besides the Nile | Donkey caravans and wheeled vehicles |
| Why did Egypt need to trade to survive | other than the Nile there was almost no natural resources |
| what does swene mean | trade |
| What were some of Egypt's prized exports | fine linen textiles woven from the flax that flourished in the Nile valley as well as high quality decorative and ornamental objects such as boxes, furniture, and jewelry |
| Why did Pharaohs love aromatic cedar in their tombs | the wood was rare in Egypt because they did not have many trees |
| true or false: Mesopotamian influence is pointed at as the influence of Egyptian writing | true |
| True or False:Egyptians writing system did not change from Hieroglyphics | false |
| what is papyrus | a paper like substance they used to write |
| Why do we have so many mummies and text from ancient Egypt | The hot and dry climate kept much of these things preserved |
| what was "priestly" script | a simplified cursive form of hieroglyphs |
| True or False:Scribes were wealthy in Egypt | True |
| Which job was the most comfortable job in Ancient Egypt Fisherman Scribes Metal-smiths Potters | Scribes, Metal-Smiths stunk from work, fisherman could be killed by crocodiles, and potters had to work with mud like pigs |
| True or False:The average Nubian could speak Egyptian | True |
| Why did Egyptian Priest travel to Nubia so often | to organize temples devoted to Egyptian gods and to spread the religion |
| Who were the main Egyptian gods | Amon and Re |
| Amon was originally the god of... | The sun |
| Eventually the two gods Amon and Re became what | Amon-Re |
| True or false: Akhenaten was a polytheist | False |
| Who did Akhenaten consider the worlds "sole god" | Aten |
| Where is Akhetaten | modern Tell el-Amarna |
| why did Akhenaten dispatch agents to all parts of Egypt | to encourage the worship of Aten |
| True or False:the god Aten is still worshiped as much as he was during Akhenatens rule | False |
| True or False: Egyptians believed that when you died it was the end of your existence | false they actually believed you would continue life in a different dimension of existence |
| What was a major reason for Egyptians mummifying the dead(has to do with their beliefs on death) | They wanted immortality |
| Who did the Egyptians believe would "survive the grave" | the ruling elite later the more wealthy citizens |
| True or False: Mummification was the practice used by most Egyptians | False it was mostly practiced by the ruling elite |
| Who was Osiris's evil brother | Seth |
| What did Seth do | murdered Osiris and scattered his dismembered parts throughout the land |
| Why was Osiris brought back to life | Iris his wife collected his parts and gave him a proper burial |
| Why was Osiris like the Nile | He lived died and came back again like the Nile flooded retreated then flooded again every year |
| What else was Osiris compared to | Crops as well as the Nile |
| What was Osiris associated with(as a power of a god) | immortality |
| What did a heavy heart mean in the eyes of Osiris | they carried the burden of evil and did not deserve to be immortal |
| True or false: Nubians had the same religious traditions as the Egyptians | False |
| Why do we not know that much about Nubian beliefs | little is written down about it |
| Who was the most prominent Nubian deity | Apedemak |
| who was Apedemak | the lion god |
| how was Apedemak depicted | with a bow and arrows |
| Who was the Nubian creator God | Sebiumeker |
| True or False: Egyptian religious cults were prominent in Nubia | True |
| True or False:Nubians mummified their deceased | False |
| True or False: Nubians built pyramids | True |
| True or False: Nubians built pyramids larger than the pyramids built by Egypt | False |
| What Egyptian gods were popular in Nubia | Osiris and Amon |
| Who was king tut | The most famous Egyptian Pharaoh |
| who was Horus | the god of the sky |
| who was Anubis | god of the dead |
| what was the book of the dead | book with pictures and hymns about the dead |
| where is Egypt | North East Africa |
| what is a mummy | a preserved body |
| What is a Pharaoh | A manifestation of a god |
| Why is it hard to decipher Hieroglyphics | it is not used today |
| What was the Rosetta stone | a large stone that held hieroglyphic text and helps decipher it |
| who is credited for the deciphering of Egyptian writing | Jean-Francois Champollion |
| What did Jean realize | the writing was related to sound not picture |
| why were Egyptians good with bronze | because they spent so much time molding gold |
| Did Egypt come up with bronze and iron | no |
| who worked on the pyramids | the lower classes |
| how did they transport pyramid blocks | by sled |
| just so that all of my cards show up (flip) | hope grading these did not take too long hope you have a nice day |
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