Ancient Egypt Review

King Tutankhamen

Ahmose of Thebes

Ramses the Great

Queen Hatshepsut

Cateracts protected the people of Egypt but imprisoned their religious learders.

Cateracts protected Egypt from invaders but prevented sailing on parts of the river.

Cateracts allowed farming to flourish but prevented animal domestication.

Cateracts allowed fishing to flourish but prevented farming from occurring

The tombs served as museums.

The tombs were the private storage rooms of the pharaoh.

Egyptians believed tonbs to be the safest places in the kingdom.

Egypptian believed the dead enjoyed such materials in the afterlife.

They built a series of canals.

They built basins to hold water.

They used cattle to carry buckets.

They used aqueducts.

need for government officials

increase in farming

Sumerian influences

increase in population

a series of rulers

a triangle-shaped area of land

a series of rough rapids

a ruler of a great house

powerful artists of the kingdom

powerful farmers of the kingdom

people from rich and powerful families

people from neighboring countries

the afterlife

the pyramids

the pharaohs

the heavens

It was a rich country.

It was a poor country.

Its resources were being heavily taxed.

Its resources were being sent to help other countries.

the farmers whose small villages were unclean

the mummies whose ka was distrubed

the pharaoh who was both ruler and god

the dynasty that was in power

Egypt's defeat of the Sinai Peninsula

Egypt's creation of an army

Egypt's conquest of distant lands

Egypt's creation of the pyramids

took control of all possible invasion routes.

created a Middle Kingdom god.

destroyed all its temples.

disbanded the scribes.

merchant

farmer

scribe

architect

for his ability as an artist.

as a great scribe.

for his untimely death a the hands of Ahmose.

as a great warrior and builder.

It provided clues to Ramses' tomb.

It provided clues to Queen Hatshepsut's tomb.

It provided paintings of various creation stories.

It provided a Gree text that matched the early Egyptian writing.

Hieroglyphics

sphinxes

paintings

sanctuary

Bodies are drawn realistically.

Bodies are smaller than natural size.

Upper bodies are shown straight on, while head and legs are seen from the side.

Upper bodies are seen from the side, while heads and legs are show straight on.

because they reflected the sun god's importance

because they reflected a pharaoh's importance

because they reflected the farmers' importance

because they reflected the priests' importance

Egypt was the country of many great rulers.

Egypt was temperate in its climat.e

The Nile River flowed from east to west.

The Nile River brought fertility and life to the region.

The geography supported few desert plants and birds.

The geography had mountains and rocky soil.

The geography included areas for farming.

The geography helped to unify the country.