World History Quiz
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- New KIngdom
- the period during which Egypt reached the height of its power and glory
- slaves
- lower than farmers on the social scale, worked on farms building projects and households
- architects
- they designed the temples and royal tombs and could rise to become high goverment officials
- farmers and other peasants
- bottom of the social scale and were the majority of Egypts population
- Queen Hatshetput
- she ruled Egypt and dressed as a man and called herself king and is best known for monuments and temples
- Mentuhotep II
- a pharaoh that united Egypt after defeating his rivals made up of mostly nobles
- contracts
- binding legal agreements
- Kush
- a kingdom south of Egypt taken over by the Egyptians
- professional army
- created after the Middle Kingdom and soldiers received land as payment and could keep treasures they captured in war
- Ramses the Great
- a pharaoh who reign was the longest in Egyptian history
- Middle Kingdom
- a period of order and stability that lasted until 1750 BC
- Sea peoples
- strong lawyers who invadsed after Ramses the Great died and took over the Hittites in southwest Asia
- scribes
- kept records for the government; wrote and copied religious texts; did not pay taxes; became wealthy; very honored in Egypt; below priests and governmnet officials
- artisans
- they were below scribes on the social scale; sculptures, builders, carpenters, jewelers, metal workers, and leather workers; worked for the government or temples
- Sinai Peninsula
- an area taken over by Egypt that had large supplies of turquoise and copper
- Ahmose of Thebes
- drove the Hykss out of Egypt and declared himself king
- crops
- given to the pharaohs as taxes
- peace treaty
- a document signed by Ramses and the Hittite leader as the two powers fought for many years and could not defeat one another
- artists
- employed by the government or temples and often worked in the pharaohs tombs painting detailed pictures
- Hyksos
- a group from Southeast Asia that invaded and conquered Lower Egypt
- woman
- held jobs outside the house such as preisteses, had certain legal rights unlike most women in the Ancient world
- trade routes
- paths followed by traders