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| What is unusaul about the flow of the Nile River | Flows north from highlands of east central Africa to the Mediterranean Sea |
| How long is the Nile River? | It is over 1,400 miles. It is the longest river in the world. |
| Where did the flood rivers come from? | In July rain and melting snow in east central Africa made the river rise and flood. |
| What did the egyptians use to plant crops? | They used rich soil in October that was caused by flooding and they used plows. |
| What month did planting take place and why was this a perfect time of year? | October because the soil was rich and ready for planting. |
| Why was it easy for boats to get both up and down stream? | Because the Nile flows north and prevailing winds blow north to south against the current. |
| What happens if there was less water than usual from East Central Africa? | THe amount of fresh silt and water for crops greatly reduced, thousands might starve. |
| What happened if there was to much water from East Central Africa? | Flood out lying villages, ruining mud houses, greeneries, seeds for planting. |
| Why were Egyptians luckier than Mesopotamians in terms of thier river? | The Nile RIver is more dependable and predictable than the Tigres and Euphrates Rivers. |
| Name 3 effects of Egypts surrounding deserts. | 1. Natural barriers 2. Vast desert of the Saharah surrounds Egypt 3. Shut out invaders 4. Spared constant nomatic warefare like Mesopotamia 5. Limited interaction with other people. |
| What goods were Egyptians in search of? | Gold, Ivory, Cattle, Granite blocks for temples and tombs. |
| What is the similarity between Egypt and modern day USA in terms of it's people? | They both are culuturally, ethically and radically diverse. |
| What did King Menes do? | In 3100 he united upper and lower Egypt in a red and white crown. |
| Define theocracy. | Ruler of a government is god or god-like. |
| Define Ka. | Eternal Spirit. |
| What was the main purpose of pyramids? | To house pharohs that died. |
| Who was Osiris and what was his job? | GOd of the dead and his job was to take your heart and a feather to tell if you were bad of good. |
| Where did a dead person who performed good deeds go? | THey would go to the after life. |
| What happened to a person who was bad in thier life. | The devourer of souls would gobble thier heart up. |
| Process of mumification | 1. embombing and drying of the corpse after death 2. brains pulled through nostrils with iron hook 3. the bowles from the side were taken out and filled with perfume herbs 4.They were sewn up and packed with mineral salt for 70 days 5. THe were washed and wrapped in cloth. |
| Who was put in a tomb? | Both poor and rich people. |
| What did the book of the dead help a dead persons loved ones tell Osiris? | It said that there loved ones had to say excerpt from the book in order to the person over to the other world. |
| List the hiearchy of Egyptian SOciety. | First: King, queen, royal family. Upper: wealthy, land owner, government land owner, priest and army commanders. Middle: merchants and artisants. Lower middle: peasant farmers and unskilled laborers. Lowest: Slave class and POWS, servents and gold miners. |
| Could people move between classes? | Yes if the got married and had a success in jobs. |
| 2 Egyptian Inventions. | Numbering system and medicine (pulse rates, splints and fever/wound treatment). |
| What period came between old and middle kingdoms? | THe first Intermidiary Period. |
| What was the period like? | It was a weak tumultuous peiod for Egypt. |
| Name 3 improvements made by pharohs of the middle kingdom. | They restored power, improved trade and transportation with canal between the red sea and nile river. |
| Who invaded in 1640 BCE and what was there reign called? | Asian Hykos invaded in 1640 BCE and the reign was called the secondIntermidiary period. |
| cataract | waterfall or stretch of rapids in a river |
| delta | a marshy region formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of a river |
| Menes | a strong willed king of upper Egypt |
| Pharohs | a king of antient egypt considered a god as well a military and political leader. |
| mummification | the process of embalming and drying corpse to prevent them from decaying.g |
| hydroglyphics | an ancient egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds. |
| Papyrus | a tall reed that grows in the Nile Delta, used by the ancient egyptians to make a paper like material for writing on. |
