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26 Cards in this Set
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Delta |
point at which a river splits |
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nile use |
nile itself:transport floods: farming because land became fertile protection(barrier) |
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egypt religion type |
polytheistic |
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rulers importance |
viewed as gods |
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intermediate periods(between kingdoms) |
political disorder and invasion |
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King Menes |
united upper(south) and lower(north) Egypt |
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pharoah |
egyptian monarch(originally meant palace) |
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bureaucracy |
government with nonelective government officials |
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mummification |
slowly drying a dead body to preserve it dine by priests expensive took 70 days |
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pyramids |
tombs for mummified bodies of pharoahs |
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great sphinx |
carved figure with lion body and human head built to gaurd King Khufu symbolized royal power |
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middle kingdom |
golden age of stability expansion of empire pharaohs became more responsible |
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Population division |
majority: peasants above: merchants, scribes, tax collectors above: nobles, governors, priests above: Pharaoh ad royal dynasty |
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marriage |
arranged girls: 12 boys: 14 patrilineal name |
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hieroglyphics |
complex system of writing that used pictures and abstract forms |
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hieratic script |
simplified hieroglyphics used for business and daily life |
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papyrus |
paper made from papyrus |
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math advances |
can calculate area and volume used geometry to predict flooded land developed 365-day calendar based on moon uses "sirius" star to predict floodings |
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hyksos influence |
Hyksos conquer egypt influence: how to use horse drawn chariots how to use bronze military skills eventually Egypt drove them out |
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ahmose |
drove hyksos out |
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thutmose |
expanded south border |
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thutmose 3 |
built new buildings and templess |
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amenhotep 3 |
akhenaten wanted egyptians to worship only one god(aten) made a new capital in the end he failed because destroying old gods=destroying egypt |
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tutankhamen |
reversed his dad's destruction |
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hatshepsut |
girl pharoah stole throne from thutmose 3 built great temple sent out military expeditions |
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egyptian empire end cause |
egypt too occupied with religious problems, and ignored foreign problems |
