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9 Cards in this Set
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important rivers |
Nile - Egypt Tigris & Euphrates - Mesopotamia Yellow & Yangtze - China Amazon - South America Indus - Pakistan/India |
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ancient Egypt |
possibly most influential river valley civilization . . . lasted from 3000 BC to 332 BC . . . lasted 1000 years longer than Christianity has been around . . . lasted 800 years longer than China |
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Nile River |
shaped the world view of the Egyptians . . . made extremely fertile silt - perfect for agriculture . . . water was purified using basin irrigation . . . made the lives of the Egyptians so easy that they were able to THRIVE rather than simply EXISTING |
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three categories of Egypt time (not including intermediate periods) |
Old Kingdom: 2469 BC - 2152 BC . . . Middle Kingdom: 2040 BC - 1640 BC . . . New Kingdom: 1550 BC - 1070 BC |
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Old Kingdom |
ridiculously rich . . . pyramids at Giza were built |
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Middle Kingdom |
restored ruling in 2040 BC . . . worked to mainly please Egyptian god Ammun-Ra . . . adopted military technology from the Hyksos |
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New Kingdom |
expanded through military & trade . . . King Tut died in 1322 BC |
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pyramids |
represented control over society & politics . . . used as tombs for pharaohs . . . most famous ones were built between 2575 BC and 2465 BC . . . built by peasants and slaves |
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Egyptian writing |
hieroglyphics were used only on formal occasions . . . demotic script was used for government documents |
