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8319615950The first clear view of an after-world in the ancient world came fromEgypt0
8319615951By around ______ B.C.E. peoples of the eastern Sudan started to domesticate cattle and became nomadic herders90001
8319615952The early Sudanic societies recognized a single divine force as the source of good and evil, and they associated it withrain2
8319615953Do to a climate shift the Sahara desert, which had been cool and well watered, became increasingly arid and uninhabitable around5000 B.C.E.3
8319615954The Greek historian Herodotus used the phrase "the gift of the ______" to describe EgyptNile4
8319615955In regards to political organization, Egyptwas much more organized than Mesopotamia5
8319615956Egypt was united around 3100 B.C.E. by the conquerorMenes6
8319615957Egyptians associated the early pharaohs withHorus7
8319615958The largest Egyptian pyramids were built during theOld Kingdom8
8319615959______ is the largest of all the pyramidsKhufu9
8319615960During the third millennium the Egyptians traded with the Nubian kingdom ofKush10
8319615961The capital of the kingdom of Kush wasKerma11
8319615962Harkhuf wasan Egyptian explorer who visited Nubia12
8319615963Pharaohs in the Middle Kingdom wereless powerful than pharaohs of the Old Kingdom13
8319615964The pharaoh Neferkare was most excited to see ______ brought back from Nubia by the explorer Harkhufthe dancing dwarf14
8319615965the Hyksos wereexternal invaders who helped bring about the end of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom15
8319615966Horse-drawn chariots and bronze weapons were introduced into Egypt by theHyksos16
8319615967The most vigorous of all New Kingdom pharaohs was ______, who led his troops into Palestine and Syria and who even received tribute from the Mesopotamian city-statesTuthmosis III17
8319615968The Egyptians were the most imperialistic during theNew Kingdom18
8319615969During the eighth century B.C.E. Egypt fell under the control of the ______ for around a centuryKushites19
8319615970Around 760 B.C.E. the Kushite King Kashtafounded a dynasty that ruled Egypt for around a hundred years20
8319615971In the mid-seventh century B.C.E. Egypt lost its independence and became a part ofthe Assyrian empire21
8319615972The conqueror Menes founded ______ around 3100 B.C.E., a city that would serve as the capital for early EgyptMemphis22
8319615973Hatshepsut wasthe first woman to rule Egypt as pharaoh23
8319615974In which of the following societies did women enjoy the most freedom and opportunityEgypt24
8319615975In Kushthere is evidence for many female rulers25
8319615976A kandake wasa female regent in Kush26
8319615977In Africa, iron metallurgyarose independently27
8319615978The Egyptians traded through the Red Sea with a land they called Punt, which is probablymodern day Somalia28
8319615979The Greek words meaning "holy inscriptions" refers tohieroglyphics29
8319615980The Egyptian work, "The Satire of the Trades,"reflected a scribe's desire for his son to become a scribe himself and avoid other unpleasant jobs30
8319615981Meroitic writingwas a Nubian script that borrowed Egyptian hieroglyphics31
8319615982The cult of Amon-Rewas a combination of the Egyptian air and sun gods32
8319615983The cult of Amon-Re is the best example ofhow the Egyptians associated various gods with each other33
8319615984What Pharaoh tried, unsuccessfully, to transform Egypt into a monotheistic societyAkhenaton34
8319615985Besides the Hebrews, the only other example of monotheism from the ancient world occurred during the reign ofAkhenaton35
8319615986The line, "O Sole God beside whom there is none! You made the earth as you wished," is drawn fromthe Great Hymn to Aten36
8319615987The Egyptian god of the underworld wasOsiris37
8319615988Osiris judged whether or not souls were worthy for immortality byweighing their hearts against a feather symbolizing justice38
8319615989During the Old Kingdomonly the pharaohs received the honor of mummification39
8319615990The Bantu originally came from aroundModern day Nigeria40
8319615991The tribes which, beginning as early as 3000 B.C.E., began to spread their language and agriculture techniques throughout Africa were theBantu41
8319615992In relation to spreading their language across a huge stretch of Africa the Bantu played a role similar to that played by theIndo-Europeans42
8319615993The Bantu probably began their migrations because ofpopulation pressures43
8319615994By the middle of the first millenium B.C.E. the Bantu people had begun to produceiron44

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