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10808861607The first clear view of an after-world in the ancient world came fromEgypt0
10808861608By around ______ B.C.E. peoples of the eastern Sudan started to domesticate cattle and became nomadic herders90001
10808861609The early Sudanic societies recognized a single divine force as the source of good and evil, and they associated it withrain2
10808861610Do to a climate shift the Sahara desert, which had been cool and well watered, became increasingly arid and uninhabitable around5000 B.C.E.3
10808861611The Greek historian Herodotus used the phrase "the gift of the ______" to describe EgyptNile4
10808861612In regards to political organization, Egyptwas much more organized than Mesopotamia5
10808861613Egypt was united around 3100 B.C.E. by the conquerorMenes6
10808861614Egyptians associated the early pharaohs withHorus7
10808861615The largest Egyptian pyramids were built during theOld Kingdom8
10808861616______ is the largest of all the pyramidsKhufu9
10808861617During the third millennium the Egyptians traded with the Nubian kingdom ofKush10
10808861618The capital of the kingdom of Kush wasKerma11
10808861619Harkhuf wasan Egyptian explorer who visited Nubia12
10808861620Pharaohs in the Middle Kingdom wereless powerful than pharaohs of the Old Kingdom13
10808861621The pharaoh Neferkare was most excited to see ______ brought back from Nubia by the explorer Harkhufthe dancing dwarf14
10808861622the Hyksos wereexternal invaders who helped bring about the end of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom15
10808861623Horse-drawn chariots and bronze weapons were introduced into Egypt by theHyksos16
10808861624The 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
10808861625The Egyptians were the most imperialistic during theNew Kingdom18
10808861626During the eighth century B.C.E. Egypt fell under the control of the ______ for around a centuryKushites19
10808861627Around 760 B.C.E. the Kushite King Kashtafounded a dynasty that ruled Egypt for around a hundred years20
10808861628In the mid-seventh century B.C.E. Egypt lost its independence and became a part ofthe Assyrian empire21
10808861629The conqueror Menes founded ______ around 3100 B.C.E., a city that would serve as the capital for early EgyptMemphis22
10808861630Hatshepsut wasthe first woman to rule Egypt as pharaoh23
10808861631In which of the following societies did women enjoy the most freedom and opportunityEgypt24
10808861632In Kushthere is evidence for many female rulers25
10808861633A kandake wasa female regent in Kush26
10808861634In Africa, iron metallurgyarose independently27
10808861635The Egyptians traded through the Red Sea with a land they called Punt, which is probablymodern day Somalia28
10808861636The Greek words meaning "holy inscriptions" refers tohieroglyphics29
10808861637The 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
10808861638Meroitic writingwas a Nubian script that borrowed Egyptian hieroglyphics31
10808861639The cult of Amon-Rewas a combination of the Egyptian air and sun gods32
10808861640The cult of Amon-Re is the best example ofhow the Egyptians associated various gods with each other33
10808861641What Pharaoh tried, unsuccessfully, to transform Egypt into a monotheistic societyAkhenaton34
10808861642Besides the Hebrews, the only other example of monotheism from the ancient world occurred during the reign ofAkhenaton35
10808861643The line, "O Sole God beside whom there is none! You made the earth as you wished," is drawn fromthe Great Hymn to Aten36
10808861644The Egyptian god of the underworld wasOsiris37
10808861645Osiris judged whether or not souls were worthy for immortality byweighing their hearts against a feather symbolizing justice38
10808861646During the Old Kingdomonly the pharaohs received the honor of mummification39
10808861647The Bantu originally came from aroundModern day Nigeria40
10808861648The tribes which, beginning as early as 3000 B.C.E., began to spread their language and agriculture techniques throughout Africa were theBantu41
10808861649In relation to spreading their language across a huge stretch of Africa the Bantu played a role similar to that played by theIndo-Europeans42
10808861650The Bantu probably began their migrations because ofpopulation pressures43
10808861651By the middle of the first millenium B.C.E. the Bantu people had begun to produceiron44

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