AP World History Notes Flashcards

11365267174	1200 years ago	when the deserts of Egypt were covered in swamp lands	0
11365273878	Nile River	The key element that supported the great civilizations that developed in Egypt, it is the longest river in the world, has 6 great cataracts	1
11365286908	which way does the Nile River flow?	Flows from North to South	2
11365289031	The White Nile	One of the main sources of the Nile River, begins at Lake Victoria in Eastern Africa	3
11365294077	The Blue Nile	on of the two main sources of the Nile River, runs from Ethiopian highlands	4
11365303806	750 meters	the stretch of the first cataract and the delta, where ancient Egyptians built their civilization	5
11365313191	strong winds from north to south	what allowed Egyptians to sail southward on the Nile River that flows north?	6
11365323587	1. by digging small canals to carry river water to their fields, farmers were able to grow 2-3 (cycles of) crops a year 2. several crop a year allowed farmers to feed a large population 3. planting of irrigation systems promoted cooperation and communications among the people	fertile soil from floods allowed Egyptians to do... (3)	7
11365333492	Free climate	allowed Egyptians to grow several kinds of crops	8
11447447819	1.) broke the natural barrier of protection 2.) forms a land bridge between Africa and Asia. this land bridge provided a route for trade and for exchange for ideas between the Egyptians and their neighbors to the East	The Isthmus of Suez	9
11564405025	1.) other ancient cultures influenced early nile valley civilizations 2.) hunter gatherer groups had moved into the nile river valley by 1200 B.C. or earlier	Early steps toward Civilization	10
11564412140	1798 AD	the French invaded Egypt	11
11564418425	demotic	an Egyptian writing style	12
11564422774	Greek Hieroglyphics and demotic	on the Rosetta stone	13
11564437053	Two distinct cultures developed along the Nile	upper Nile (north of the Nile river delta) and lower Nile (farther south, away from the Mediterranean Sea)	14
11564459612	Menes	King of Upper Egypt, united all of Egypt into one kingdom	15
11564464078	dynasty	family of rulers	16
11564527283	dynasties end by . . . (2)	1.) when the family is driven from power 2.) when no family member is left to rule	17
11564548406	30 dynasties	how many dynasties did Menes have	18
11564669933	old kingdom	(2680 - 2180 b.c. ) largest pyramids and great sphinx built during this time	19