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- 1carried by the gods: a symbol of lifeankh
- 2square stone or wood box to put coffin insidesarcoffaous
- 3charms worn to ward off evil spirits or bring good luckamulet
- 4written in 3 languages, helped decode hyroglyphicsrosetta stone
- 5name of pharaoh, enclosed in oval with a standcartoush
- 6tall, granite pillars to honor a pharaohoblisk
- 7name of the dam to hold moddern flood watersAswan High dam
- 8ramses ii temple with 4 elaborate statues of himselfabu simbel
- 9ancient cemeetary with large and elaborate tombsnecropolis
- 10six waterfalls or wild rapids that impede travel down the nilecataracts
- 11irrigation device on a pole that uses a bucket and counterweight to lift water from the nileshaduf
- 12a dark, rich soil that was depositied in the nile delta and used by farmers as a natural fertilizersilt
- 13name of egypts first captialmemphis
- 14salt used for mummiesnatron
- 15unified upper and lower egypt, wore double crownmenes/namar
- 16old kingdom, built step pyramiddjoser
- 17old kingdom; built the meydum, bent and red pyramidssnefru
- 18middle kingdom; built white chapelsenusret i
- 19first female king, promoted tradehatshepsut
- 20changed religion from polytheistic to monotheisticakhenaten
- 21young pharaoh, tomb intactking tut
- 22ruled over 65 years, built temples and statues of himselframses ii
- 23beautiful wife of akenhaten, famous bust in museumnefertiti
- 24rameses ii favorite wife, built temple in her honornefertari
- 25archeologist that discovered tuts tombhoward carter
- 26greek historian that traveled and wrote his observationsherodotus
- 27list in order roman empire, kushites, cleopatrakushites, cleopatra, roman empire
- 28name 4 important egyption godsra
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isis - 29name egypts periodsold kingdom, middle kingdom, new kingdom
- 30egypts continantafrica
- 31direction in which nile flowssouth to north
- 32where does the nile flood water come frometheopian highlands
- 33the nile is in the shape of what?lotus flower
- 34modern capital of egyptcairo
- 35time period that pyramids were built inold kingdom
- 363 egyption seasonsflood, planting, harvest
- 37What did egypt look like before unification? Who united it during the Archaic period? name and explain 3 different crowns.typical hunter/gathering pre-historic society with villages and cheiftons. then animal domestication and farming, and eventually 2 kingdoms formed
menes/namar of upper egypt united them
1. tall, white, felt crown of upper egypt (hedjet)
2.red, throne-shaped crown of lower egypt (deshret)
3. two above combined, white ontop of red. symbolizzed power over all of untied egypt (pschent double crown) - 38draw the ancient egyption social pyramid. lable each level. 3 bullet points in each level 4 roles/jobs.pharaoh, gov. officials, priests, scribes, artisans, peasants, slaves
1. considered a god, usually inherrited throne, had ultimate say about all affairs
2. carried out pharaoh orders, often royal fanily members, wealthy,
3. oversaw religious ceremonies, suprivised mummification, advice& healed
4. only men, 12+years of schooling, memorized 700+ hyroglyphics
5.highly skilled workers, were hardly recognized unless masters, usually worked 10 days then time off
6.grew crops or built monuments, plain homes and food, lives revolved around niles seasons
7. POWs, prisoners, debt
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