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11 Cards in this Set
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Where was Nubia?
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A country close by, taken over by the Old and Middle Kingdom pharaohs
Egypt got gold, stone, ivory and slaves from here |
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What happened in the Valley of the Kings?
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The New Kingdom pharaohs were buried in the Valley of the Kings
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Where was Memphis?
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Main city of Lower Egypt
Main city of all of Egypt in the Old Kingdom |
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Where was Giza?
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The three great pyramids and the Sphinx were built at Giza
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Where was the First Cataract?
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Here there were big rocks in the river. the water flowed very fast round here. hard for boats to launc. southern boarder of egypt
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What happend at Karnak?
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A big temple for the god Amon was built at Karnak
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Where was Thebes?
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Main city of Upper Egypt. Main city for all of Egypt for most of the Middle nd the New Kingdom
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What was the Red Land?
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The desert areas to the eastand west of he BlackLand. From the eastern desert came rich stones and gold. Crops werre grown in the oases in the western desert
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Lower Egypt?
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The land north of Memphis. Some parts of the Nile Deltavwere very wet and good for fihing. The soil was rich and good for farming
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Upper Egypt?
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The Nile Valley, from Aswan in the south to Memphis in the north
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What was the Black Land?
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Named after the black mud left on the land after the flood waters from the Nile went down. The Egyptians grew their crops in this rich soil
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