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AFRICAN CIV
FINAL
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History
Undergraduate 3
12/11/2011

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Term
THE SPHINX OF GIZA
Definition

Built by Khefre

half human-half lion

largest monolith statue in the world

 

Term

EGYPTS

SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVMENTS

Definition

-Irrigation system

-hierogylphics

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Term
ANKH
Definition

Ancient egyptian symbol

"LIFE"

Term

EGYPTIAN

ART & ARCHITECTURE

Definition

-the use of stone

-Pyramids

Term
NILOMETER
Definition
Recorded the rise and fall of the Nile & water clock for measuring time
Term

AKHENATEN

(achievement)

Definition

-Imposed the worship of familial diety

-succesfully banished the traditional egyptian gods and instead worshiped the sun god

-created a new capital

 

Term

HATSHEPOSOT

(achievments)

Definition
-conceptualized monotheism
Term

TUTANKHAMEN

(achievements)

 

Definition

-son of akhenaten

-reversed monotheism

Term

KHAFRE

(achievments)

Definition
-built the sphinx
Term

MENES AKA NARMER

(achievments)

Definition

-1st king of two lands

-credited w/ uniting lower and upper egypt

-invention of state system

-the need for record keeping led to invention of writing

Term

RAMSES THE GREAT

(achievment)

Definition
-1st pharoah of ancient egypt to sign a peace treaty with the Hittitites ending long years of wars and hostility1
Term

MANSA MUSA

(contributions)

Definition

-malian king

-pilgrimage to mecca

Term

RA

(deities of ancient egypt)

Definition
Sun God
Term

OSIRIS

(deities of ancient egypt)

Definition
king of the dead
Term

AMUN

(deities of ancient egypt)

Definition

-God of wind

-amun was evenutally combined with Amun-RA

Term

HAPA AKA APIS

(deities of ancient egypt)

Definition

-thought to control the flooding if the nile

 

Term
WHY EGYPTIANS BUILT PYRAMIDS?
Definition

-represented the instituion of monarchy itself

-represent power of king

as geometry represent balance order and rationality

-as tombs represent the life after the death available to the king as a living god

 

Term

SNEFERU

AKA

SNOFRU

(pyramid what it stands for)

Definition

-1st king of 4th dynasty

-1st true pyramid in egypt

Term

CHEOPS

AKA

KHUFU

(pyramid, what it stands for)

Definition

-2ND KING of 4th dynasty

-built great pyramid of Giza

-one of greatest architectural achievements

-largest pyramid in egypt

Term

CHEPHREN

AKA

KHAFRE

(pyramids, significance)

 

Definition

-2nd largest pyramid at Giza *called great is Khafre

 

Term

MENKARE

AKA

MYCERINUS

(pyramids, meaning)

Definition
-3rd and smallest pyramid
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