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What is the Rosetta Stone?
A piece of Stella , a large stone with words or designs carved into it.
When was the text on the Rosetta Stone written?
196 BC
What did the inscription celebrate?
Ptolemy the 5ths rule and gave Egyptian priests stipends and tax breaks.
What kind of writings were on the stone?
Hieroglyphics, the demotic script and the main language Ancient Greek.
What religion replaced the Egyptian religion in about 642 CE?
Muslim
Which generals men uncovered the Rosetta stone and how did they discover it?
Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon's men came across the Rosetta Stone while building a fort in the city of Rosetta
We’re was the stone found?
Near the large city of Rosetta near Alexandra.
Who was credited for discovering the Rosetta Stone?
Pierre-Francois Xavier Bouchard.
How did people attempt to decipher the writing on the stone?
Scholars tried matching up the text written in the hieroglyphics to the Greek.
Who was Thomas young and what did he discover?
A British scientist who discovered that there is an owl called a cartouche around the names of the kings.
Who’s work truly cracked the code?
The young French professor Jean Francois Champollion.
What is Coptic?
A later form of the Egyptian language.
What was established in Egypt around 3400 BCE?
Row kingdoms were established: the red kingdom to the north and the white kingdom to the south.
How did the Egyptians view their kings?
Was a good like being closely identified with the all powerful god Horus.
How did the annual flooding of the Nile river help the Egyptians?
It provided irrigation and fertilization to help grow crops.
What did king Djoser have designed for him? Who designed it?
Imhotep An architect and priest designed it and it was a step pyramid.
For whom was the great pyramid built?
Khufu
What was thee kings wealth depleted during the fifth and sixth dynasties?
due to the expense of pyramid building.
What were some challenges faced by Egyptian leaders during the first intermediate period?
They lost control, civi war broke out and Bedouin attacks along with famine and disease. Central power also dissolved.
Who was the first known Female ruler of Egypt.
Queen sobekneferu
Who took control during 1650 BCE ( the second intermediate period)?
Hyksos
What were some accomplishments of amenhotep IV
he built a new capital in middle Egypt.
Whose empire did Egypt become part of in 525 BCE?
Persian
After Egypt was defeated by the Persians for the first time, they fought back and once again became independent in 404 BCE. Did they stay independent? Why or why not?
No because the Persians attached again and were then conquered by Alexander The great.
Who defeated the person army in 332 BCE
Alexander the Great of Macedonia
Which religion arrived in Egypt In the 7th century?
Islam
Where were the four river civilizations located? (Include the rivers)
Mesopotamia- Tigris and Euphrates, China- Yangtze River, India the Indus and Egypt the Nile.
How is Egypt a land of contrast?
It is a pace of hot sunny days and cold nights.
Crops and field along with. Empty deserts.
Where was upper and lower Egypt located?
L= The north U= the south
What were the black land and the red land and what did each represent?
Black land hugged the Nile and represented life. The red land was desert beyond and meant danger.
What crop produced fine linen?
Flax
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