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51 Cards in this Set
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a clan is known as a ______ |
nome |
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greek historian |
Herodotus |
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ruler who united egypt |
menes |
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pyramid architect |
Imhotep |
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spirit double |
ka |
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original egyptians were descendents of ham through __________ |
mizraim |
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the four corners of egypt are the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, and _________ and ________ |
Nubia, Libya |
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lower egypt extends from the delta past ________ |
Egypt |
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egypts middle kingdom was from ____ - ____ |
2060 bc, 1785 bc |
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historian who labeled dynasties |
Manetho |
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oldest pyramid |
step pyramid of sakkara |
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great pyramid |
khufu |
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spanned 6 dynasties |
old kingdom of egypt |
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the great pyramids were built during the ________________ |
Old Kingdom |
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menuhotep established his capital at: |
thebes |
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most outstanding dynasty of the middle kingdom |
twelfth dynasty |
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during the 12th dynasty, egypt was probably visited by: |
Abraham |
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twelfth dynasty ruled at |
ithet-tawy |
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semitic asians, probably beginning in lower egypt and moved to ithet-tawy: |
Hyksos |
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the era in which zenith reached a world power is known as the _______ kingdom |
New |
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the hyksos were in power for _____ years |
140 |
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the hyksos were driven from power by ______ of Thebes |
Ahmose I |
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later date for exodus |
1250 bc |
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amenophis IV changed his name to ___________ |
Akhenaten |
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god of amenophis IV |
Aten |
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ameno. IV was a monotheist t/f |
true |
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the state god of egypt was _____ |
Amun |
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Haremhab was placed in power by the ______ |
army |
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the 19th dynasty was founded by _______ |
Ramses I |
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Thutmose I conducted military campaigns as far away as the euphrates in ____________ |
Syria |
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daughter of thutmose I |
Hatshepsut |
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thutmose III administered by registering _______________ |
self-government |
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thutmose III may have been the Pharaoh who expelled ______ from Egypt |
Moses |
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only significant leader was ramses III after 19th dynasty t/f |
true |
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sheshonq was a native egyptian t/f |
false |
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Ahab was a foe of Egypt t/f |
false |
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egypt was defeated by babylon at carchemish in 605 bc t/f |
true |
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having to do with the ancient egyptian form of symplified writing |
demotic |
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high government official |
vizier |
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three functions of a vizier |
prime minister, chief justice, treasurer |
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threefold division of egyptian society |
aristocracy, middle, and lower class |
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egyptian language is called ___________ |
hamito-semitic |
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egyptians developed language before _______ |
3100 bc |
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three types of egyptian script are hyroglyphic, hieratic, and ________ |
demotic |
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4 main egyptian art forms |
painting, bas-relief, jewelry making, sculpture |
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sun god of egypt |
re |
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god of the nile and fertility |
osiris |
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goddess of nature of egypt |
Isis |
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amorite leader |
hammurabi |
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hammurabi conceived his role as a ruler as a representative of the upper class t/f |
false |
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Hammurabi is best known for his ________ code |
law code |