Egypt/ancient Mesopotamia/hebrew Test

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Who is Narmer/Menes?

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United Upper and Lower Egypt around 300 BCE and was the FIRST king/pharoah.

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What was the Old Kingdom?

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Largest pyramid (Great Pyramids of Giza) and the step pyramid (Zoser). Absolute monarchy. Prosperous Era. Imhotep was ruler.

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Intermediate Era

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Era of depression

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What was the Middle Kingdom?

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COSMOPOLITAN/ Very prosperous (nome structure organized, boundaries managed, gave power to pharoah), then crashed (Hyksos invade).

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What was the Hyksos invasion?

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Hyksos invaded and brought bronze knowledge, and new warfare aspects (chariots).

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What was the New Kingdom?

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More militeristic, and expansialist.

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Hatshepsut

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Supported no military invasions (conquering). Sent priests to Purt (ancient mythical place) to get perfumes. Built famous temple.

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Thutmosis III

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Campaigned (17 times) Palestine and Pheonecia.

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Amenhotep III

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father of akhenaten and built the karnak and luxor (during the height of Egypt)

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Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten)

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crashed Egypt by creating "religious war" b/c he introduced Aten (the sun god) and monotheism.

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Tutankhamen

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Restored Egypt. Credited with barely anything but well known, because his tomb was the most preserved.

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Ramses II

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Regained Egyptian power and palestine. HUGE ego and HUGE on military.

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Mastabas

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An ancient Egyptian tomb with a rectangular base, sloping sides, and a flat roof.

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Khufu

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largest pyramid in Giza

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Karnak

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City near Thebes famous for TEMPLES

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Bust of Nerfertiti

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Sculpture of Nerfertiti adorned with jewels. Shows that "beauty" has stayed the same over 3000 years.

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Funeral Mask of Tutankhamen

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Gold mask adorned with jewels and priceless.

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Social Heiarchy

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ROyalty were above ALL and everyone else served them

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Role of Women

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Do what the men say unless they were royalty

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Gods in Egypt

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polytheistic, zoomorphic, and neck and stomach were elongated and emhasized (on women gods). Pharoah was treated as a god

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Zoomorphic

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Head of animal adn body of human

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Monotheism

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belief in one god (akhenaten)

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Polytheism

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belief in many gods

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Afterlife

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Continuation of everyday life

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Heiroglyphics

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opposed to the Mesop. cuneiform, these with pictographs.

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Papyrus

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reeds found on marshs in nile used as paper

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Medicine

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advanced meds. to increase lifespan and cure mummys

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Astronomy

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used to create a calendar

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Mathematics

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used in architecture (made accurate)

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Invaders after new kingdom

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Libyans
Nubyans
Assyrians
PErsians
Macedonians/Alex da gr8
Rome/Cleopatra

--in order--

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Where is Mesopotamia located?

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Fertile crecent

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Sumeria

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first civilization (with: city-states, social classes, zuggurats, scribes, cuneiform, Gilgam., math, and 360 circle)

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M City-State

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M bigger than city, but smaller than state (group of cities = modern day county)

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M Social Classes

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M all worked together with leaders, servants, artisans... etc

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Zigurrats

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stepped pyramids/temples

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M Scribes

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M took notes on everything

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Cuneiform

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form of mesopotamian writing

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Gilgamesh

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hero who learns that eternal life is not meant to be

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M Accomplishments in Mathematics

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M discovered the 360 degree circle

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M Religion

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M Polytheistic

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M Views of After life

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M Negative (greeted by bird thing, cross water/treshold/river, fed eww and live in eww... pretty much sux)

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Code of Hammurabi

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set of codes based off of "eye for an eye"

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(old babylonians) Rights for Women

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(old babylonians)extreme but they were rights, and were given to women in hammurabi's code

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Hittites

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ironworkers, and chariots

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Assyrians

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Conquered large empires, fierce, warlike, library in capital of Ninevah.

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Neo babylonians/chaldeans

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Hanging Gardens, astronomical acheivements, babylonian captivity, King Nebachadnezzar.

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Pheonicians

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sea traders and had colonies in mediterreanean. Invented MODERN ALPHABET

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Abraham

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Father of Hebrews

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Moses

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PArted red sea, founded 10 commandments, abandoned 40 years in desert and did not sin by worshipping the golden calf.