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31 Cards in this Set
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The Sun God |
Amen Re |
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Defeat of the Hittites and led a great empire |
Ramses II |
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Goddess of Nature |
Isis |
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State ruled by religious figures |
Theocracy |
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Helped historians to decode Egyptian writing |
Rosetta Stone |
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Mouth of River made of fertile deposits |
Delta |
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Founded Egypt's 1st dynasty |
Menes |
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Rocky trenches of the Niles with waterfalls
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Cataracts |
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Used to make paper |
Papyrus |
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_Helped protect Egypt from invasion |
Desert |
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Egyptian who wanted to gain social status |
Scribes |
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Main form of writing |
Hieroglyphics
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Most of Egyptian society was made up of |
Peasants (90%) |
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Kushite culture changed after capitol changed to |
Meroe |
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Egyptians hired Nubians because they were |
Skilled Archers |
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Why pharaohs have absolute power |
Pharaohs were believe to be gods |
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Change in Egypt when Akhenaten became Pharaoh |
Egyptian became monotheistic |
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Egyptians practice mummification |
Keep the ka from vanishing |
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Objects were buried with Egyptian mummies to |
Serve the ka |
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Egypt's history as an independent kingdom ended when |
Greek army conquered by Alexander the Great |
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What were key differences between Kushite and Meroic cultures |
Rulers of the Meroic kingdom vanished the things the Kushites adopted |
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Howwould traders ship goods from Punt to Thebes |
By ship through the Red Sea |
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God of Underworld |
Osiris
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Sun god of Egyptian |
Amen Ra
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Very last pharaoh |
Cleopatra |
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Famous pharaoh to make peace treaty with Hitites to save Egypt |
Ramses II |
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Female pharaoh who ran around like a man |
Hatshepsut |
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First person to unite Upper and lower Egpyt |
Menes |
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Object used to unlock Hieoglyphics |
Rosetta Stone |
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Kushite leader who led invasion to Egypt |
Piankhi |
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God of Sky |
Horus |
