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| Why is Lower Egypt in the north and Upper Egypt in the south? |
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| Because the Nile Flows south to north |
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| In 3100 bc who united upper and lower egypt and created the first _______? |
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| MENES was the first DYNASTY |
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| Two parts of ancient Egypt and where they are located |
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Upper Egypt in the south
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| The three main periods(with dates) of ancient Egyptian history |
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Old Kingdom;2700-2200 bc
Middle Kingdom;2050-1800 bc
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| The old kingdom is also known as what? |
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| Like a monarchy the old kingdom had a strong _______ _________ |
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| During the middle kingdom who invaded and conquered Egypt? |
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| What was invented by the Hyksos? |
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| During the new kingdom powerful rulers ________ the egyptian empire |
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| Who were two powerful rulers during the new kingdom? |
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| Why was Hathsheput important? |
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| First woman ruler recorded in history |
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| To where did Ramses extend the empire? |
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| What else did Ramses accomplish? |
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| first peace treaty known to exist(with the Hittites) |
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| Rich soil deposited by a river flooding |
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| Triangular area where silt deposited; marshland formed by silt at the mouth of a river |
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| thought to be gods; political and religious significance |
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| chief ministers; counselours to the pharoh |
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| French; discovered and deciphered the Rosetta stone(during what century?)and traveed with who |
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| Jean Champollion(early 19th century)traveled with Napoleon |
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| What three languages were written on the Rosetta stone? |
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| Greek, Heiroglyphics and Demotic |
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| god of the underworld and the Nile(and his wife and son) |
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| Who discovered King Tut's tomb? |
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| What rites did women, who had a greater independence than women elsewhere, have in ancient egypt? |
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| inherit property, enter business deals, buy and sell goods, go to court, and obtain a divorce |
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| picture writing used to keep important records |
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| pictures that symbolized an idea or action |
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| simpler form of writing developed by scribes |
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| the fertile crescent arcs from ______ _______ to the ________ _________ |
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| persian gulf to the eastern mediterranean |
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| "Land between the rivers"(which rivers and name of land) |
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| Tigris and Euphraytes--Mesopotamia |
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| Sumerians used a type of writing called ______, which was ________ shaped |
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| Sumerian Empire divided into ______-_____ with a king in charge of each |
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| Ruling family, leading officials and high priests------> lesser priests and scribes----->merchants and artisans |
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| Sumerians used ______ for building |
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| Were the first to use _______ ________ |
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| Sumerians also invented what other 3 architechtural structures? |
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| pyramid temple that soared toward the heavens |
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| fertile crescent characterized by cycle of _______, _______, ________ _______ |
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| invasion, migration and empire building |
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| Invaded Sumer to create the first known empire |
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| Sargon of Akkadia, Leader of the Akkadians |
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| conquered much of mesopotamia, leader of babylon |
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| first attempt to codify law, dealt with both criminal(murder...) and civil(private rights, marriage...) law |
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| Conquered much of mesopotamia in 1400 bc first to use iron weopens(Brought about iron age) |
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| Blood thirsty warriors, one of histories most feared armies |
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| After 612 bc, rebuilt and created an empire ruled from babylon |
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| Nebuchadnezzar: king of the Chaldeans |
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| Built the hanging gardens for homesick wife |
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| Conquered Babylon in 539 bc, practiced tolerance, praticed both a barter and money economy |
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| created provinces headed by satraps |
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| Taught that there was a single god, Ahura Mazda, ruled the world. In constant battle against Ahriman, prince of lies and evil |
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| Collection of zoroaster's teachings |
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| created the idea of using coins to trade |
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| Famous traders and sailors; established colonies in the med sea; created an alphabet and are known as the carriers of civilization |
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| came from fertile crescent; enslaved in egypt, greates contributions=ethical monotheism, ten commandments and torah; were patriarchal |
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| branch of law that includes robbery/murder/assault |
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| branch of law that deals with private rights and matters |
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| exchanging one set of goods or services for another |
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| goods and services paid for with coins |
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| territory settled and ruled by people from another land |
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| letters that represent spoken sounds |
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| moral standards of behavior |
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