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10 Cards in this Set
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Name the Asiatic warriors who brought the Egyptian Middle Kingdom to an end. |
Hyksos |
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What structure best symbolized the Egyptian concept of state and society? |
pyramid |
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Who was the female pharaoh of Egypt that ruled jointly with her nephew? |
Hatshepsut |
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What Frenchman was able to decipher the hieroglyphics of the Rosetta Stone? |
Champollion |
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Name the Dreek "Father of History" who called Egypt the "gift of the Nile." |
Herodotus |
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What teenage pharaoh's tomb was discovered in 1922? |
Tutankhamen |
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What city became the center of Egyptian life? |
Cairo |
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What is ancient Egyptian writing called? |
hieroglyphics |
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Who was the most outstanding monarch of the Later New Kingdom? |
Ramses II |
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Who was the first pharaoh of a united Egypt? |
Menes |
