AP World History: Early Egypt Flashcards
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| 15516718689 | Nile River | -4160 miles (last 70 were easily navigable) -Flows south to north -Winds flow from north to south -Flooding and irrigation make farming better | 0 | |
| 15516718690 | Egypt Geography | -Nile -Fertile farming land -Rocks and Minerals for building and technological advances | 1 | |
| 15516718691 | 12,000 BCE | Earliest Settlements | 2 | |
| 15516718692 | 6,000 BCE | Neolithic period -Beginnings of culture -Farming | 3 | |
| 15516718693 | 3,800 BCE | Mining and advancements in technology and engineering | 4 | |
| 15516718694 | 3,000 BCE | -Hyroglyphics and papyrus gives written language -Rosetta stone (1798) makes translation possible | 5 | |
| 15516718695 | 3,200 BCE | Menes unified Upper and Lower Egypt | 6 | |
| 15516718696 | Three Kingdoms | Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom | 7 | |
| 15516718697 | Old Kingdom | -2680 BCE -Built the biggest pyramids and the sphinx -Had Upper and Lower class | 8 | |
| 15516718698 | Middle Kingdom | -2050 BCE -Pharoahs reassert absolute rule -Hyksos (foreigners) begin trade and take residence | 9 | |
| 15516718699 | New Kingdom | -1570/1080 BCE -Hyksos are pushed out or enslaved -Capital moved to Thebes -Becomes an empire | 10 | |
| 15516718700 | New Kingdom great leaders. | Hatshepsut, Thutmose III, Amenhotep IV, Ramses II | 11 | |
| 15516718701 | End of Egyptian Rule | 300 BCE | 12 | |
| 15516718702 | Architecture and the Arts | -The Great Pyramids (2600 BCE) -Paintings, carvings, and sculpture | 13 | |
| 15516718703 | Science, Math, and Medicine | -12 month, 365 day calendar -Number systems based on 10's -Used herbs and understood the human body | 14 | |
| 15516718704 | Ra | The sun god: Father of Osiris, Isis, and Seth | 15 | |
| 15516718705 | Osiris | God of the underworld; First ruler of Egypt | 16 | |
| 15516718706 | Isis | Wife of Osiris: Put osiris back together after he was cut into pieces by Seth: Mother of Horus | 17 | |
| 15516718707 | Seth | Brother of Osiris: Overthrows his brother. Seth was believes to be the source of disharmony and disorder in the world. | 18 | |
| 15516718708 | Horus | Son of Osiris and Isis. Believed to be the protector of earthly kings and Pharohs. | 19 | |
| 15516718709 | Thoth | God of wisdom | 20 | |
| 15516718710 | Society and Economy | -Farming by peasants: Wheat, Barley, Flax and Cotton | 21 | |
| 15516718711 | Trade | -Excess food leads to trade -Merchant class and caravans | 22 |