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L03 Egypt Flashcards

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Imhotep

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Introduced Step Pyramid, 2650 BC

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Nilometer

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Measured height of Floods

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3000 BC

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First sail ships, Papyrus paper + ink, Cuneiform ‘alphabet’

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First Pharaoh 3200 BC-Absolute power (living god)-Centralized grainary-distribute land to family and nobles

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Menes

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Sneferu

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Triangular Pyramid (Bent Pyramid), 2613 BC

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Archaic Period

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3100-2800 BC, New burian practise: Mastaba

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Hyksos Overthrown, Pharaoh rule again

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1575 BC

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Wind - N to S, Current - S to NProvided:-Steady, predictable water supply-New layer of topsoil w/ every flood

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Nile River

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332 BC

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Alexander the Great captures Egypt

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Triangular Pyramid (Bent Pyramid), 2613 BC

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Sneferu (BS)

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Hieroglyphs introduced

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3100 BC

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Menes

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First Pharaoh 3200 BC-Absolute power (living god)-Centralized grainary-distribute land to family and nobles

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Khufu (Cheops)

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Great Pyramid of Giza, 2500 BC

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2800-2050 BC

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Old kingdom built pyramids

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Alexander the Great captures Egypt

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332 BC

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The desert

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Protected Egypt

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Decree of Ptolemy V, written in 3 languages196 BC

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Rosetta Stone

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Protected Egypt

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Introduced Step Pyramid, 2650 BC

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Hyksos conquered Egypt

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1700 BC

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Hyksos conquered Egypt

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3100-2800 BC, New burian practise: Mastaba

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Archaic Period

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Sirius appeared

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-every 12 months-Nile flooded-modern 12 month calendar-Social control using astronomy

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Rosetta Stone

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Decree of Ptolemy Vwritten in 3 languages196 BC

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Measured height of Floods
Nilometer
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Old kingdom built pyramids
2800-2050 BC
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Storing and releasing water when needed allowed for:
2 harvests per year
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-every 12 months-Nile flooded-modern 12 month calendar-Social control using astronomy
Sirius appeared
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2 harvests per year
Storing and releasing water when needed allowed for:
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3100 BC
Hieroglyphs introduced
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Papyrus paper + Ink invented
3000 BC
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Nile River
Wind - N to S, Current - S to NProvided:-Steady, predictable water supply-New layer of topsoil w/ every flood
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Great Pyramid of Giza, 2500 BC
Khufu (Cheops)
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1575 BC
Hyksos Overthrown, Pharaoh rule again
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First sail ships
3000 BC

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