Name: ______________________________ Core: _______ page #:
The whole civilization of Ancient Egypt lasted from about 3100 B.C. to about 525 B.C. or
just over _________ years. During that time, there were at least 20 different dynasties
with many different rulers. Historians divide the long history into ___ different periods.
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
 Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt were once _________ kingdoms and the kings or pharaohs wore two
different crowns
1. King Menes
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United Upper and Lower Egypt into _____ kingdom
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Established the first capital of Egypt in _________.
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Sobek the Crocodile God --Worshiped at the first capital of Egypt, named
Memphis or sometimes called Crocodilopolis.
2. Pharaoh Djoser:
He had his architect, Imhotep build a great burial tomb which started out as a mastaba or
_________ , but became the _________ Pyramid.
3. Pharoah Sneferu
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Developed the building of Egyptian pyramids through practice.
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Built the pyramid at Meidum
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Built the _________ Pyramid
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Built the _________ Pyramid where he was
buried.
4. Pharoah Khufu
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Son of Pharaoh Sneferu
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Built the _________ Pyramid on the Plateau of Giza.
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____________ of the Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
5. Pharoah Khafre
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Son of Khufu
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Built 2nd largest pyramid on Giza Plateau
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Built many statues including the _____________
6. Pharoah Menkaure
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Son of Khafre
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Built ____________ pyramid on Plateau of Giza
END OF OLD KINGDOM
7. Queen Hatshepsut
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Wife of Thutmose II
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When Thutmose II died, his son Thutmose III was too _________ to
rule, so Hatshepsut took the throne.
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Hatshepsut transformed herself from a queen to a _________
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Queen Hatshepsut’s mummy was found buried in her temple in a tomb in
the Valley of the Kings
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Queen Hatshepsut had this temple built as a tomb for both her and her husband Thutmose II.
It is located in an area called the _________________________ where many other
pharaohs are also buried.
8. Queen Nefertiti
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Wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten
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Considered the “ideal” _____________ in Egyptian society.
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May have been even more famous than her husband, the pharaoh.
9.
King Tutankhamen /King Tut
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Known as the “______________” because ruled and
died at such a young age (maybe 18 or 19 years old).
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His tomb was untouched when found by Egyptologists in
1922.
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Famous for the ________________ treasures found in his tomb.
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“The Curse of King Tut”
END OF MIDDLE KINGDOM
10.
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Pharaoh Ramses II
A strong military leader.
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Participated in the first written treaty with the Hittites.
Had many _________ and more than _________ children.
• Ruled over Egypt for 67 years… Pharaoh for
___________ period.
11. Queen Cleopatra
 Seen as the last true Egyptian Queen before Egypt was taken over by
foreign ____________.