Chapter 5 Flashcards
(44 cards)
second largest continent
Africa
world’s largest desert
Sahara Desert
world’s longest river
Nile River
the ancient connection from Africa to Asia
Isthmus of Suez
built in 1969 to connect the Mediterranean Sea and the India Ocean
Suez Canal
the most magnificent empire in the ancient world
Egypt
Egypt’s original name
Mizraim
original Egyptians, Hamitic people
Copts
the local name for Egypt
Kemet (“black”)
Egypt was divided into Two Kingdoms __1__, in __2__, and __3__, in __4__
- Lower Egypt
- the North by the Delta
- Upper Egypt
- the South by the cataracts
the smaller division of Egypt, each having their own king
nomes
united the two kingdoms and became the first Pharaoh of all Egypt
Menes
capital city of Egypt created by Menes
Memphis
Egypt was the greatest power of the ancient world at the time ______
of the Exodus from Egypt
“Father of History”
Herodotus
Greek explorer that gave Egypt the name “the gift of the Nile”
Herodotus
small rivers that form a triangle (delta) shape by the Mediterranean Sea
Nile Delta
4 gifts of the Nile
- Soil
- Transportation
- Papyrus
- Protection
the strange writings of the ancient Egyptians
hieroglyphics
everyday writing of the Egyptians
hieratic
a book of prayers placed in tombs
Book of the Dead
an ancient rock with three languages
Rosetta Stone
a French scholar who worked for 14 years to decipher the Egyptian language
Champollion
Biblical name for Memphis
Noph
