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40 Cards in this Set
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Process of bulding pyramids
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put together by 2 million limestone bricks bigger in the bottom smaller on top
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Woman in Egypt
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Most Egyptian woman were devoted to their homes and families Could divorse, own land in hearit, testify in court, be a priestes even queen
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Social Pryamid
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pharaoh, Nobles, Crafts People and Scribes, Farmers, Slaves and Servants
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King Menus
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For a long time, Menes was considered as imaginary as the god-kings who preceded him. Learned men called him an eponym, an ugly name which means that the people of Memphis, having forgotten who built their city, invented a builder from the city's name, and declared it the work of king named "Memphes" or "Menes." But in this case, at least, the learned men were wrong, for lately, in that stupendous graveyard along the Nile, the tomb of Menes has been found with many interesting relics, both of him and of his ancestors. Double crown he made one egypt
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Five gifts of Nile
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Cataracts, Black mud, fertile soil, silt, and papyrus
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The four Kings of the New Kingdom
1570-1070 BCE |
Hatshesut
Thutmose lll Amenhoptep lV Ramses the Great |
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Hatshesut
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Nephew of Thutmose lll too young to rule
Workers were sent for mines |
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Thutmose lll
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Despised Hatshepsut for stealing his crown
Successful mialtary leader Conquered Palestine Maintained border of 4th Cactaract thourgh fear Those coquered sent yearly gifts-brought wealth |
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Amenhotep
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Changed name to Akenhaten
Made own arts and religon |
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Ramses the Great
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Constantly fought the Hitties
Built great temples to honor himself |
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Egyptian Acheivements
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Hieroglyphics
hard tedious schooling Historians could not translate hieroglyphics until 1799 |
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Achievement 1
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Very few people were scribes
hard tedious schooling Historians could not translate hieroglyphics until 1799 |
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Achievement 2
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French soilders found a Rosetta stone in earliest Egyptian writting
Greek hieroglphics cursive |
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Achievement 3
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Each language had part of the same passage
Jean Champullion knew Greek- decoded the text Could now read heieroglphics |
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Achievement 4
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Could translate laws, songs, jokes, magic spells, and contrasts
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counterintuitive
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contrary to what common sense would suggest
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upper Egypt
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up river
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lower Egypt
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down river by delta by med sea
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Religion
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polythesism
afterlife each village had their own god different gods had different powers Shrinse in house |
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Khufu
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Biggest Prymid it is in Giza 2566 BC 480 feet tall
Other in Giza built by his sons Maybe the Sphincs First Smooth sided Close to end of Old Kingdom |
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Civilation
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People gathered together, Homes Cities
Economy, Money Trade food and supplies Religion and education Govenenment Recordkeeping laws, courts Propertie and other rights |
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Valley of Kings
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Lots of tombs and pyramids Khufu and Tut
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Amarna Letters
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King/Lord/God great everyone else dirt
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Go forth
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forward
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gracious
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kind
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prospers
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succeds
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dispatches
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sends
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heed
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pay attention
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negligent
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carless or at fault
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archers
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Soldiers with bow
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hale
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healthy
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Mummy
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Dehidrate
Remove Organs Wash with oil Salt Wrap with linens Amulet or charm Death Mask |
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Good location
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River See gifts of the nile
Mountians, Med Sea, Desert protected from invaders |
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Hieroglyphics
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Pictures to represent Idea, thing or sound
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ideogram
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Hieroglyphs represnet idea or sound Bird symbol means bird
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phonogram
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still a picture but stands for a sound put together with others to spell words No vowel sounds
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hieratic and demotic
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Script writing that was quicker than hieroglyphic used for daily wirting and record keeping
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Old Kingdom Years
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3100 bc to 2200 BC
Menes starts Khunu 2500BC almost end |
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Middle Kingdom Years
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2050 BC to 1700 BC
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New Kingdom Years
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1550 to 1050 BC
Queen Hatshepsut 1503 to 1482 King Tut 1332 BC – 1323 BC Ramses the Great 1200 |
