Ancient Egypt
The quizlet for Mr.B's Smorgasbord!
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- independence
- Freedom from another nation or control
- trading network
- A network of trade.
- Rosetta Stone
- The Rosetta Stone is an Ancient Egyptian artifact which was instrumental in advancing modern understanding of hieroglyphic writing.
- natron
- a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate
- Piye and Kashta
- Piye used to rule Upper Egypt and Kashta didn't rule Upper Egypt... he actually had only a strong influence over it.
- Napata
- Napata, ancient city of Nubia, just below the Fourth Cataract of the Nile. From about the 8th cent. B.C., Napata was the capital of the kingdom of Cush. Many great temples like those of Thebes were built here by Taharka (XXV dynasty). The Cushite capital was later moved (c.530 B.C.) to Meroë.
- Amenhotep
- One of the highest priests in Egypt. Otherwise, he is the Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty
- Hyksos
- This was a group of people who tried to invade Egypt.
- Nubia/Kish
- Nubia was a region in S Egypt and the Sudan, N of Khartoum, extending from the Nile to the Red Sea. an ancient Sumerian and Akkadian city: its site is 8 mi. Kish was (13 km) east of the site of Babylon in S Iraq.
- Book of the Dead
- The Book of the Dead' is the common name for the ancient Egyptian funerary text known as 'Spells of Coming' (or 'Going') 'Forth By Day'. The book of the dead was a description of the ancient Egyptian conception of the afterlife and a collection of hymns, spells, and instructions to allow the deceased to pass through obstacles in the afterlife. The book of the dead was most commonly written on a papyrus scroll and placed in the coffin or burial chamber of the deceased.
- Great Sphinx
- The Great Sphinx of Giza (Arabic: "The Father of Fear") is a half-human, half-lion Sphinx statue in Egypt, on the Giza Plateau at the west bank of the Nile River, near modern-day Cairo.
- amulets
- An object worn, especially around the neck, as a charm against evil or injury.
- Imhotep
- He was the high priest of the sun god.
- Thutmose III
- He created the largest empire Egypt has ever seen.
- Isis
- a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- Jean Francois Chapollion
- This French explorer deciphered the hieroglyphs of Egypt with the help of other explorers.
- annex
- To attach, to add
- King Narmer
- People thinks he could be the first king of all Egypt and the founder of the first dynasty.
- edicts
- A decree or proclamation issued by an authority and having the force of law.
- Meroe
- Meroë (Meroitic: Medewi or Bedewi; Arabic: مرواه Meruwah) is the name of an ancient city on the east bank of the Nile. Meroë was the southern capital of the Kushite Kingdom
- obelisk
- a tapering, four-sided shaft of stone, usually monolithic and having a pyramidal apex.
- Kerma
- Kerma is the name of a kingdom and cultural group in the Sudanese Nubia, known as Kush or Kushite to the Egyptians. Kerma grew out of the A-Group culture (or pre-Kerma) during the Egyptian Middle Kingdom (ca 2000-1600 BC).
- apparitions
- A sudden or odd sight; a ghostly figure
- Two Lands
- Upper and Lower Egypt
- Hatshepsut
- She was the eldest daughter of Thutmose I.