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| Delta | a triangular piece of rich land formed from soil deposited at the mouth of some rivers |
| cataracts | waterfall |
| arid | dry |
| What are the major features of the Nile River? | the longest river, flooded the land every year making it fertile |
| How did ancient Egyptians Control the flooding waters of the Nile? | They built, canals, dams, and dikes to control the flooding. |
| predict | to tell in advance |
| afterlife | The Egyptians believed in life after death |
| How did the unpredictability of the Nile's floods affect early Egyptian religious beliefs? | They created stories of gods and godesses explain the flooding of the river |
| How did trade along the Nile support the growth of Egypt? | It helped to improve travel with better boats, and helped for new cities to grow. |
| What did early Egyptians trade? | Wheat and barley |
| diplomacy | relations between countries, with Lower Egypt |
| nation-state | a refion with a united-people and a single government |
| dynasty | a series of rulers from the same family: 31 |
| vizer | a chief advisor to the king. Carried out the king's orders. |
| papyrus | paper material made from plants to record more information |
| How did the belief that the kings were living gods help the kings maintain autority? | peopel believed that they were always right and that they controlled the River flooding. |
| hieroglyphs | picture symbols... for religious purposes and record government information |
| What was the original purpose of hieroglyphs | for religion, then to keep records |
| pyramids | Tombs for rulers: The biggest stone building from the Old Kingdom |
| How did the pyramids show the relationship between religion and society? | The tombs were for the kings and the famers worked really hard to build them. |
| mmummy | preserved body for afterlife |
| Why did the Egyptians want to preserve bodies? | because they would need them in the afterlife. |
| The Middle Kingdom | A time of stability after the civil war, time of advance in art and literature. Nubia is conquered |
| civil war | a war between two groups in the same place |
| famines | there was no food because of the drought |
| What achievements were made during the Middle Kingdome? | Art, literature, unification of Egypt, axpanding the empire, greater building and temples, protected teh NIle Delta |
| cost-benefit analysis | a study to determine if a trade trip was worth the risk |
| Why did Egypt trade with other regions? | Because they needed other materials to grow like silver, copper, gold, and wood |
| How did the Hyskus conquer and benefit egypt | They had superior armies: fought on horses and chariots, had better armor |
| Hyskus | Conquered Egypt bringing horses, new fighting styles, and musical instruments |
| The New Kingdom | kings took the tittle of Pharoh... great house |
| reign | time of rule |
| Hatshepsut | Female pharoh who conquered Nubia and demanded them to pay tribute to Egypt in exchange for protection |
| Why were most Egyptian temples made from mud bricks? | It was not expensive to make. |
| commercial | buying ans selling |
| What the Nile like in the land of Nubia? | Rough with cataracts |
| raw materials | natural resources that can be made into useful products |
| What were some of the natural resources of Ancient Nubia? | copper, gold, granite |
| Nubian art | pottery |
| Nubian imports | leopard skins, ostrich eggs, feathers, ivory, ebony, spices, and gold |
| Nubian exports | same products they import, plus gold, statues and decorations |
| Egypt Annexed Northern Nubia | to control their natural resources and gain power |
| What made Nubia´s locatin ideal for trade? | they were between northern and southern Africa... |
| Why did the Kushite king become an ally of the Hyskos? | To protect themselves from Egyptian invasion |
| How was dynasty 25 different from others? | They were Kushites and they rebuilt much of Egypt to its former glory |
| What event caused the Kushites to lose control of Egypt? | Assyrian invasion which destroyed the Kushite and Egyptian armies |
| How did trade affect the city of Meroe? | They built a strong network of Caravan tradein southwestern Asia and Africa and they developed their own written language to keep records. The city grew with new buildings and they became very rich |
| What caused the fall of Meroe? | Greek sea trade, so people didn't go there anymore, and the Axum burned their city. |
