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Ancient Egypt
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vocabulary week #1
Kemet- black land, fertile land
next to river
Predictable flooding
Every July-October
Nile Uses:
Drinking
Fishing
Cleaning
Bathing
Cooking
Irrigation
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Lower Egypt
In the beginning they
had Hunters and
Gatherers and
Nomads
Narmer:
*Lower Egypt
took over Upper
Egypt and King
Narmer ruled
both in the city of
Memphis
*Memphis was in between both
kingdoms, it became known as
Narmer Dynasty
Memphis
Upper Egypt
Old Kingdom
Pharaoh’s
• Made people pay taxes
• was the law
• people obeyed because they
thought he was son of Re (sun
god)
• believed they needed strong
leader to prosper
Old Kingdom
Pyramids
• Because they mummified they became
specialists in medicine
• Mummified because they believed you
needed a body for the afterlife
• Built to bury kings, the entrance always
faced north
Great Pyramid of Giza
*Built for King Khufu
Size of 9 football fields
1/7 Ancient Wonders of the World
Old Kingdom
• Worshipped many gods and goddesses
(dieties)
• Re-Sun god and Hapi-Nile god
Middle Kingdom
• No more pyramids, put tombs inside cliffs
“VALLEY OF THE KINGS”
• Then the Hyksos (from Asia) fought Egypt and
won. Hyksos had chariots and stronger
weapons. Hyksos ruled for 150 years
• Prince Ahmose led people in Egypt to uprise
and chased Hyksos out of Egypt (this started
New Kingdom)
King Tut
• mask
New Kingdom
1500 Prince Ahmose
1473 Queen Hatsheput-very beautiful queen who
wore mens clothing. She built up trade (wood) and
built many temples
Thutmose III -conquered lands and enslaved the
people. Destroyed all of aunts temples that she
built.
1370 Amenhotep IV- got rid of all the gods except
one called Aton/Aten. He was so focused on his
one god that he let his other duties slide and he
was attacked and conquered
New Kingdom
King Tut (mask) -Tutankhamen - most famous
King because they found his tomb in 1922 by
Howard Carter. He was only 10 years old when
he took the throne and he died at 19. He
reestablished the old religion of many gods
1200 Rameses-(AKA Rameses the Great)
regained lands and rebuilt empire. Rebuilt Sphinx
(lion body and person head). Had over 100
children
*Temples were houses for the gods and to store
treasures
*Most common people prayed at home
2000 BC settlers in Nubia (hunters and
Kush
gatherers)
Kerma-was a powerful village, had strong
warriors,
that took over weaker villages
Thutmose III (new kingdom) attacked Kerma and
won. Egypt controlled this area for 700 years
850 BC King Kashta (Kush) started battle with
Egypt, died in battle and his son (Piye) finished
the battle. Kush won and had control over Egypt
600 BC Assyrians (Sargon the Great) took over
Kush moved out of reach of the Assyrians to a
new city called Meroe
Meroe became a HUGE trade city
Meritterean Sea
Memphis
delta
IRON
Kush/N
ubia
Meroe- trade