Egypt Study Guide Flashcards
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What are the similarities and differences between the Tigris/Euphrates rivers and the Nile river?
They both flood and provided water.
T/E flooded irregularly which made it hard to predict when it would flood Also flows south unlike the Nile
Nile would always flood at the exact same time, which made it easy to predict when it would flood flows north, unlike most rivers
What crown did the pharaoh of lower Egypt wear?
Hint: Red
Papyrus reed looking, red crown
What did the pharaoh of upper Egypt wear?
Hint: white
Bowling pin like shape, white color
Who united the to parts of Egypt?
Menes
What protected Egypt from the north?
The Mediterranean Sea
What protected Egypt from the east?
The Red Sea
What protected Egypt from the south?
Nile cataracts
What protected Egypt from the west?
The Sahara desert
Where did the early ancient Egyptians settle?
The Nile delta
The old capital of united Egypt?
Memphis
