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| 2759269971 | Pyramids | Royal tombs constructed during the old Kingdom (2660-2160 BCE); most built from 2600 to 2500 B.C.E.; symbol of the pharaohs authority and divine status over resources; Giza, near Caro | 0 | |
| 2759272255 | Hieroglyphics | Ancient a Jipson written language; called holy inscriptions because of their presence on temples and other large monuments; cumbersome; pictographic by about 3200 B.C.E. | 1 | |
| 2759273355 | Hyksos | Invaders who seized the Nile Delta and helped bring an end to the egyptian middle Kingdom; horse riding nomads with bronze weaponry; seized Memphis at around 1674 B.C.E. | 2 | |
| 2759276920 | Menes | Founded Memphis in 3100 B.C.E.; ambitious minor official from southern Egypt; Unified Egypt at 3100 B.C.E.; built centralized state ruled by Pharaoh | 3 | |
| 2759279182 | Tuthmosis III | Most vigorous of the new kingdom pharaohs; reigned from 1479 to 1425 B.C.E.; 17 campaigns personally led to Palestine and Syria and dominated coastal regions of East Mediterranean and north Africa; stepson of Queen Hatshepsut | 4 | |
| 2759281220 | Hatshepsut | Woman who served as Pharoah with her stepson Tuthmosis III from 1473-1458 BCE); Depicted as wearing stylized beard in order to show her as unthreatening to the people | 5 |
