Crash Course: Ancient Egypt
Name __________________________
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Most influential of the _______________ valley civilizations
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The ____________________ are the last man standing of the seven ancient wonders of the world
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Lasted from 3000 BCE to __________ BCE-
-
The ____________ shaped the world view of the Egyptians
o
It was ______________________, navigable and benign- one of the safest and richest ________________________________
areas in the world
o
Communities existed ONLY ________________ the Nile- easy to transport goods upstream
o
Easily tamed- used a system called __________________ irrigation- used floodwaters to fill basins and
_____________________ for irrigation

o
All these things = big ____________ surpluses with relatively little work
Influenced ancient Egypt’s general optimism: Sumerians saw the afterlife as ______________ and dark; Egyptians saw the
afterlife as a continuation of this (pleasant) life
-
Egyptian history is divided into ____________ categories
o
Old Kingdom (2649-2152 BCE)

Glory age of ancient Egypt

Divine kingship: king was either a ________ or very close to a _________

Pyramids: represent political and _____________________ control over population

Guilt partly by _____________________- required to work for the __________________ for a certain
number of months per year

Why?
o
Ra- god of the ____________ and god of creation
o
If humans did their jobs, then the gods would maintain cosmic _______________

Pharaohs became _______________ upon their death, so pleasing them by building
pyramids made sense
o

Two forms of writing: ____________________________ for sacred writing and demotic script for everyday writing

Ridiculously rich- but series of droughts and Pharaohs fighting ended Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom (2040-1640 BCE)

Changes:

Outsiders from Nubia

New group of gods and the star was Ammun- merged with Ra to form the god
_______________________________________

Developed an interest in conquering- and getting conquered
o
One group- Hyksos- conquered all of _______________________; assimilated into Egyptian
culture
o
New Kingdom (1550-1070 BCE)

Most expansive of pharaohs: Hatshepsut- woman who ruled Egypt for 22 years


Akehenaten- tried to invent a new god: ___________________

-
Expanded Egypt through ___________________, not military might
Son: Tutankhamen- King Tut- died around the age of _________
Crucial thing about Egyptian culture: lasted longer than all of __________________ civilization had existed
Crash Course: Ancient Egypt
Name __________________________
-
Most influential of the _______________ valley civilizations
-
The ____________________ are the last man standing of the seven ancient wonders of the world
-
Lasted from 3000 BCE to __________ BCE-
-
The ____________ shaped the world view of the Egyptians
o
It was ______________________, navigable and benign- one of the safest and richest ________________________________
areas in the world
o
Communities existed ONLY ________________ the Nile- easy to transport goods upstream
o
Easily tamed- used a system called __________________ irrigation- used floodwaters to fill basins and
_____________________ for irrigation

o
All these things = big ____________ surpluses with relatively little work
Influenced ancient Egypt’s general optimism: Sumerians saw the afterlife as ______________ and dark; Egyptians saw the
afterlife as a continuation of this (pleasant) life
-
Egyptian history is divided into ____________ categories
o
Old Kingdom (2649-2152 BCE)

Glory age of ancient Egypt

Divine kingship: king was either a ________ or very close to a _________

Pyramids: represent political and _____________________ control over population

Guilt partly by _____________________- required to work for the __________________ for a certain
number of months per year

Why?
o
Ra- god of the ____________ and god of creation
o
If humans did their jobs, then the gods would maintain cosmic _______________

Pharaohs became _______________ upon their death, so pleasing them by building
pyramids made sense
o

Two forms of writing: ____________________________ for sacred writing and demotic script for everyday writing

Ridiculously rich- but series of droughts and Pharaohs fighting ended Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom (2040-1640 BCE)

Changes:

Outsiders from Nubia

New group of gods and the star was Ammun- merged with Ra to form the god
_______________________________________

Developed an interest in conquering- and getting conquered
o
One group- Hyksos- conquered all of _______________________; assimilated into Egyptian
culture
o
New Kingdom (1550-1070 BCE)

Most expansive of pharaohs: Hatshepsut- woman who ruled Egypt for 22 years


Akehenaten- tried to invent a new god: ___________________

-
Expanded Egypt through ___________________, not military might
Son: Tutankhamen- King Tut- died around the age of _________
Crucial thing about Egyptian culture: lasted longer than all of __________________ civilization had existed
Crash Course: Ancient Egypt
Answers
Name __________________________
-
Most influential of the river valley civilizations
-
The pyramids are the last man standing of the seven ancient wonders of the world
-
Lasted from 3000 BCE to 332 BCE-
-
The Nile shaped the world view of the Egyptians
o
It was predictable, navigable and benign- one of the safest and richest agricultural areas in the world
o
Communities existed ONLY along the Nile- easy to transport goods upstream
o
Easily tamed- used a system called basin irrigation- used floodwaters to fill basins and canals for irrigation

o
All these things = big food surpluses with relatively little work
Influenced ancient Egypt’s general optimism: Sumerians saw the afterlife as gloomy and dark; Egyptians saw the afterlife as a
continuation of this (pleasant) life
-
Egyptian history is divided into three categories
o
Old Kingdom (2649-2152 BCE)

Glory age of ancient Egypt

Divine kingship: king was either a god or very close to a god

Pyramids: represent political and social control over population

Guilt partly by peasants- required to work for the government for a certain number of months per year

Why?
o
Ra- god of the sun and god of creation
o
If humans did their jobs, then the gods would maintain cosmic order

Pharaohs became gods upon their death, so pleasing them by building pyramids made
sense
o

Two forms of writing: hieroglyphics for sacred writing and demotic script for everyday writing

Ridiculously rich- but series of droughts and Pharaohs fighting ended Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom (2040-1640 BCE)

Changes:

Outsiders from Nubia

New group of gods and the star was Ammun- merged with Ra to form the god Ammun-Ra

Developed an interest in conquering- and getting conquered
o
o
New Kingdom (1550-1070 BCE)

Most expansive of pharaohs: Hatshepsut- woman who ruled Egypt for 22 years


Expanded Egypt through trade, not military might
Akehenaten- tried to invent a new god: Aten

-
One group- Hyksos- conquered all of Egypt; assimilated into Egyptian culture
Son: Tutankhamen- King Tut- died around the age of 17
Crucial thing about Egyptian culture: lasted longer than all of western civilization had existed