Ancient Egypt (Social)

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kemet

thick, black mud suitable for farming

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nile delta (lower egypt) and nile valley (upper egypt)

two kingdoms of egypt

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pharoah

highest leader of egypt

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vizier

the chief overseer

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old, middle, new

three periods

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king menes

ruled the two kingdoms from the capital of memphis

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old kingdom

age of pyramids

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pharoah amenemhet

moved the capital of the city to the city of thebes in the upper kingdom

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theban king

expanded the territory of egypt in the middle kingdom period

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nile delta

became the center of trade during the middle kingdom period

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middle kingdom

egyptian trade flourished outside of the empire

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hyksos

who attacked the egyptians in middle kingdom period

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chariots and copper weapons

what did the hyksos use to fight the egyptians

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king ahmose’s leadership defeated and threw out the hyksos from their land

what marked the beginning of the new kingdom period

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egypt was ruled by weak pharoahs and got occupied by nubians, assyrians, persians, and macedonians under alexander the great

what happened after the reign of ramesses III

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general ptolemy

appointed himself pharoah after the death of alexander the great, which was the beginning of the ptolemaic period

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cleopatra VII

last ruler of before egypt fell to the hands of the roman empire

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ahmose I

defeated the hyksos

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thutmose I

expanded the territory to euphrates river, first pharoah to build a tomb in the valley of the kings

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hatshepsut

first female pharoah

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thutmose III

egypt reached its greatest expanse at the time of his reign

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amenhotep IV

encouraged egyptians to worship one god, aton, and changed his name to akhenaton

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tutankhamun

ruled at the age of 9, his ministers revived the traditional religion of egypt

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rameses II

also known as rameses the great

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rameses III

last warrior pharoah

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hieroglyph

ancient writing system of egyptians only understood by scribes and priests

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amun ra

main god

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osiris

god of death

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isis

goddess of fertility

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anemists and polytheists

religion of egyptians

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mummification

process of preserving human remains

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sarcophagus

vessel of the dead

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a calendar of 365 days

what did the egyptians make

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sphinx

a large statue with a human head and a lion’s body

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valley of the kings

resting place of departed pharoahs of the new kingdom

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