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a clan is known as a ______

nome

greek historian

Herodotus

ruler who united egypt

menes

pyramid architect

Imhotep

spirit double

ka

original egyptians were descendents of ham through __________

mizraim

the four corners of egypt are the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, and _________ and ________

Nubia, Libya

lower egypt extends from the delta past ________

Egypt

egypts middle kingdom was from ____ - ____

2060 bc, 1785 bc

historian who labeled dynasties

Manetho

oldest pyramid

step pyramid of sakkara

great pyramid

khufu

spanned 6 dynasties

old kingdom of egypt

the great pyramids were built during the ________________

Old Kingdom

menuhotep established his capital at:

thebes

most outstanding dynasty of the middle kingdom

twelfth dynasty

during the 12th dynasty, egypt was probably visited by:

Abraham

twelfth dynasty ruled at

ithet-tawy

semitic asians, probably beginning in lower egypt and moved to ithet-tawy:

Hyksos

the era in which zenith reached a world power is known as the _______ kingdom

New

the hyksos were in power for _____ years

140

the hyksos were driven from power by ______ of Thebes

Ahmose I

later date for exodus

1250 bc

amenophis IV changed his name to ___________

Akhenaten

god of amenophis IV

Aten

ameno. IV was a monotheist t/f

true

the state god of egypt was _____

Amun

Haremhab was placed in power by the ______

army

the 19th dynasty was founded by _______

Ramses I

Thutmose I conducted military campaigns as far away as the euphrates in ____________

Syria

daughter of thutmose I

Hatshepsut

thutmose III administered by registering _______________

self-government

thutmose III may have been the Pharaoh who expelled ______ from Egypt

Moses

only significant leader was ramses III after 19th dynasty t/f

true

sheshonq was a native egyptian t/f

false

Ahab was a foe of Egypt t/f

false

egypt was defeated by babylon at carchemish in 605 bc t/f

true

having to do with the ancient egyptian form of symplified writing

demotic

high government official

vizier

three functions of a vizier

prime minister, chief justice, treasurer

threefold division of egyptian society

aristocracy, middle, and lower class

egyptian language is called ___________

hamito-semitic

egyptians developed language before _______

3100 bc

three types of egyptian script are hyroglyphic, hieratic, and ________

demotic

4 main egyptian art forms

painting, bas-relief, jewelry making, sculpture

sun god of egypt

re

god of the nile and fertility

osiris

goddess of nature of egypt

Isis

amorite leader

hammurabi

hammurabi conceived his role as a ruler as a representative of the upper class t/f

false

Hammurabi is best known for his ________ code

law code