A | B |
first group in Egypt | hunter-gatherers |
Approximate entry of first group in Egypt | 12,000 years ago |
farmers grew wheat and barley by this year | 4500 B.C. |
irrigation system | sent the Nile's flow to canals and then to the fields |
Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt | villages banded together by 3200 B.C. |
Capital City of Lower Egypt | Pe, in the Nile Delta |
Capital City of Upper Egypt | Nekhen, on the Nile's west bank |
Red crown | worn by the king of Lower Egypt |
White, cone shaped crown | worn by the King of upper Egypt |
Menes | unified Upper and Lower Egypt |
Menes unified the kingdom | by marrying a princess from Lower Egypt |
Pharoah | title used by the rulers of ancient Egypt |
Pharioah means | great house |
Memphis | the first capital city of the two Egypts |
Theocracy | government ruled by religous leaders |
Egypt's first dynasty | lasted about 200 years |
The approximate number of dynasties that ruled Ancient Egypt | thirty |
The pharoah was worshipped as | ruler and god |
Nile provided | water and fertile soil |
the desert provided | protection from enemies |