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24 Cards in this Set
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Envoy |
A government representative to another country |
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Incense |
A material that produces a pleasant smell when burned |
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Government |
Representatives and rulers in an economy |
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Tribute |
Forced payment |
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2600 BC to 2000 BC |
Old kingdom |
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2055 BC to 1650 BC |
Middle Kingdom |
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1550 BC to 1070 BC |
New kingdom |
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Why was the capital in Memphis moved to Thebes? |
A new dynasty of pharaohs came to power |
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Name the improvements made by the middle Kingdom pharaohs? |
Added more land for crops, more irrigation dams, made a canal between the Nile and Red Sea |
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Describe their art? |
Painters decorated tombs with colorful paintings with stories about the deities or every day life |
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Instead of pyramids the Egyptians built tombs made out of? |
Limestone |
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How did the Hyksos conquer Egypt? |
Weapons made from bronze and iron, and how to steer horse drawn chariots |
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What caused the decline of the Hyksos rule of Egypt? |
And Egyptian prince named Ahmose formed an army and drove them out of Egypt |
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After her husband died she made herself pharaoh and for the people to accept her she dressed like a male pharaoh would; she was one of the few women to rule Egypt |
Hatshepsut |
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Where was Hatshepsut’s Tomb located? |
In the valley of the Kings |
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What did the Egyptians trade to get gold, ivory, ebony, wood and incense? |
Beads, metal tools and weapons |
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Name some purposes the Egyptians use their imported wood for? |
Build boats, furniture, and other items |
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Lebanon |
Name of the modern country that the Phoenicians lived in |
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What items did the Egyptians trade with the Phoenicians? |
Wheat, paper, gold, copper, tin, and tools to get purple dye, wood and furniture |
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Who world after Hatshepsut |
Her nephew Thutmose III |
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Expanded Egypt’s control north to the Euphrates river, and to the south and Nubia. The Empire grew wealthy and slavery became more common |
Thutmose III’s rule |
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He tried to start a new religion |
Amenhotep |
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Who moved the capital to a city called Akhenaton? |
Akhenaton (Amenhotep IV) |
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Who is Akhenaton’s son and why is he famous? |
Tutankhamun, young when he started ruling and died mysteriously when he was 19 |
