World History #1 Part 4
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Hyksos | invaders from the Middle East who took over Nile delta region during the Middle Kingdom and overthrew them |
| Hatshepsut | First female ruler who acted as a pharaoh and encouraged trade |
| Nubia (Kush) | an ancient kingdom on the Upper Nile that flourished around 2700 BC |
| Flax | a plant cultivated for fiber made from it's stalks |
| Linen | cloth woven from flax |
| Caravan | a group of people (traders) traveling together across the desert- usually on camels |
| Ramses II (The Great) | a pharaoh in the New Kingdom who ruled for 66 years- pushed Egyptian control to Syria and Egypt became the largest it has ever been |
| Hieroglyphics | pictograms used for information- a Greek word meaning "sacred carvings" |
| Demotics | a later type of Egyptian hieroglyphics |
| Rosetta Stone | stone monument with same passage transferred in hieroglyphics, demotic, and Greek- used for translating hieroglyphics |
| King Tutankhamen | son in law of Akhenaton- 18 year old pharaoh whose tomb was found |
| Amen Hotep | a young pharaoh who challenged worship of Amon-Re and honored Aton- he changed his name to Akhenaton |
| Akhenaton | worshipped Aton and ordered priests to do the same- introduced monotheism |
| Monotheism | the belief of only one god |
| Papyrus | the first for of paper in Egypt |
| Cataract | a waterfall |
| Sinai Peninsula | a peninsula in NE Egypt at the north of the Red Sea |
| Isthmus of Suez | a strip of land with sea on either side that connects Africa and Asia |
| Great Sphinx | a sphinx built by the ancient Egyptians on the banks of the Nile |
| Valley of the Kings | a valley for the tombs of pharaohs and kings for 500 years |
| Anubis | the god of mummification and associated with care of the dead- was lord of the dead before Osiris |
| Amon | a god associated with Re |
| Amon-Re | lord of gods- pharaohs were believed to have the power to rule through him |
| Re | a sun god worshipped during the Old Kingdom |
| Rah | another name for Re |
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