Study Guide

Sahara- The largest desert in the world located in Africa
Nile- Largest river in the world located in Africa, flows north instead of south
Egypt- Seabed of African culture located in northeast Africa
Mizraim- The most ancient name of Egypt, name of Ham's son
Land of Ham- What the Bible calls Egypt
Nomes- Small states in ancient Egypt
Pharaohs- Srong rulers of Egypt
Menes- The first Pharaoh of Egypt, united upper and lower Egypt
"The Gift of the Nile"- The name of Egypt given by Herodotus
Hieroglyphics- The language that the Egyptians wrote in, contained over 700 characters
Book of the Dead- Most important Egyptian work, it contained prayers,hyms, spells, and other info to guide souls through the afterlife, they palced it tombs
Memphis- Known as noph in the Bible, nothing remains but two granite collums
Thebes- "City of the Dead" considered a necropolis
Necropolis-"City of the Dead"
Pyramid- A tomb for the pharaohs, best symbolizes Egyptian government
Monarchy- One leader
Theocracy- Ruled by a god
Humanism- Worship humans, Pharaohs
Naturalist- The worship of nature
Polytheistic- Believing in thousands of gods and godesses
Egyptian Tombs- Men spent as muh time preparing their tombs then he did on his affairs
Great Pyramids of Cheops- One of the 7 wonders of the world, took 100,000 people 20 years to build, covered 13 acres and 2.3 million blocks of stone and was 480 ft high
King Tut- Was a king that died at the age of 18, his tomb was one the worlds greatest archeologica discoveries
30 Dynasties- Ancient Egyptian history is divided into 30 dynasties
Old Kingdom- Dynasties 3-6 important monarchs- Cheops, Khafre, and menkaure
Pyramid at Giza- Built by the old kingdom
The Great Sphinx-Had a head of a man and body of a lion, bears the likeness of Khafre
Middle Kingdom-11 Dynasty, king Mentohotep, Established capitol at Thebes
Kign Menuhotep- King of the middle kingdom
Hyksos- Asiatic warriors, conquered the middle kingdom with charriots and horses
Amose 1- the king of the new kingdom
New Kingdom- 18-20 dynasty, drove hyksos out of Egypt
Hatshepshut- May have been Moses' mom, the only female pharaoh
Amenhotep 2- Tuts son, may have been Pharaoh during the Exodus
Later New Kingdom- Ramses 2- most outstanding Egyptian monarch
Alexander the Great- Young Macedonian king
Alexandria- The most important city in Alexanders empire
Lighthouse of Alexander- One of the ancient wonders of the world, 440 ft high marble tower with a fire burning pitch and a giant reflective mirror. the lighthouse could cast light 35 miles across the sea