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| when was the first dark age of egypt? |
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Definition
| first intermediate period |
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Term
| what were some factors of destruction the first intermediate period? |
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Definition
shift from centralized government to nomarchs.
state property is distibuted to the public.
strong influence of climate change.
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| how long was the intermediate period |
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Definition
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Term
| what marks the dual ruler ship in the intermediate period? |
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Definition
| record from Menetho about 70 kings in 70 days? |
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Term
| how is art different in dynasty 9-10 |
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Definition
not defined by the canon of proportion
eyes are larger and the excecution of style makes it more accessible to egyptians at this time. |
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Term
| where were dynasty 9-10 power located |
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Definition
heracleopolis
south of the fayyum |
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Term
| pharaohs of the first intermediate period have this name in common |
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Definition
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| what were the names of early kings in dynasty 11 |
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Definition
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Term
| who started the 11th dynasty tradtion of burial customs? |
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Definition
intef II
saff-tomb
protrayed his favorite dogs |
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Term
| who ends the civil war of the 11th dynasty? |
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Definition
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| where is the intef family of the 11th dynasty based ? |
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Definition
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Term
| where is Nebhetre Mentuhotep II burried? |
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Definition
morturary temple at Deir el-Bahari
combines elements of local saff tomb and the old kingdom mastaba |
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Term
| what are some features of Nebhetre Mentuhotep II's mortuary temple? |
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Definition
| multi level construction and it is oriented east west like the pyramids. buried his wives close. |
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Term
| how far did the late dynasty 11 go? and where wa the centre of power? |
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Definition
no evidence north of abydos
the administration of appointed nomarchs are in thebes |
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Term
| who ends the 11th dynasty? |
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Definition
Nebtawyra Mentuhotep IV
non royal usuper of the throne
only 19 years after the death of mentuhotep II the dynasty ends. |
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Term
| when was the golden age of egypt? |
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Definition
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Term
| who was the founder of dynasty 12? |
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Definition
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Term
| under the rule of Amenemhat I where was the capital moved to? |
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Definition
Ity-Tawy in the north he realized that if he ruled in the south he would never be able to control power in egypt.
city was never found |
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Term
| what is the basis of the story of Sinuhe? |
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Definition
| death of amenemhat sinuhe thinks that he will be implicated so he flees egypt. the new pharaoh finds him living in another land and takes back to egypt with loving arms. |
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Term
| who re-started the practice of pyramid building in egypt middle kingdom? |
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Definition
Amenemhat I
known as amun is at the forefront
or local god amun rises to power |
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Term
| how did Amenemhat I come to power? |
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Definition
| he was probably the vizier of Mentuhotep IV |
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Term
| when was the literary renaissance of egypt? |
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Definition
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Term
| what is the prophecy of Neferty? |
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Definition
| prediction of how Amenemhat came to the throne |
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Term
| what was the instructions of Amenemhat I |
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Definition
| propaganda for politics to guarrantee power of the 12th dynasty. |
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Term
| how was wealth displayed in the middle kingdom |
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Definition
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Term
| what was egypts policy on immigration in the 12th dynasty? |
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Definition
| they wanted to tax and assimilate the asiatic immigrants |
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Term
| which dynasty had a tradition of co-regencies? |
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Definition
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Term
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| between a father (pharaoh) and his son. they rule together and then the son establishes his right to rule and ensures proper succession. |
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Term
| what are some features of Sensret II pyramid? |
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Definition
| it was a mud brick pyramid at Lahun with a cross section of limestone. petrie found the best pieces of egyptian jewelry here. |
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Term
| when war the rise of the bureaucracy? |
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Definition
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Term
| who developed the faiyum basin? |
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Definition
| middle kingdom for agriculture |
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Term
| in the later dynasty 12 what were some changes to the governmental structure? |
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Definition
| administrive re organization and a return to the centralized system with the removal of nomarchs. |
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Term
| how was the government divided in the 12th dynasty? |
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Definition
department of the north
department of the south
department of the head of the south |
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Term
| was the middle kingdom known as a period of expedition or increased economy? |
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Definition
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Term
| when was the kingdom of kush a large trade partner with egypt? |
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Definition
late dynasty 12
they had trade agreements
egypt built a bunch of forts along the nile at the first and second cataracts for protection. |
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Term
| who ruled after hatshepsut? |
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Definition
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Term
| what is one of the fortresses protecting the south of egypt in the middle kingdom? |
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Definition
buhen
housed 3000 soldiers
dry trench
thick walls |
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Term
| what were the origins of middle kingdom egyptian literature? |
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Definition
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Term
| what is the basis of the tale of the shipwrecked sailor? |
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Definition
| a man is shipwrecked and ends up on an island with a talking snake. |
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Term
| what is the basis of the tales of wonder? |
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Definition
| pharaoh Snefru is on a boat rowed by 20 beautiful girl. one of the girls loses her turquoise pendant and he drains the lake to retrieve it. |
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Term
| who was the first female pharaoh of egypt? |
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Definition
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Term
| how do we know that sobekneferu was a pharaoh? |
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Definition
| her name is in a cartouche with the five fold titulary of a king |
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Term
| what was an important feature of middle kingdom architecture ? |
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Definition
| the buildings are mud brick with stone facings |
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Term
| whenwas the rise of nomarchs? |
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Definition
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Term
| who was the last pharaoh of dynasty 12? |
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Definition
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Term
| what is a characterization of dynasty 13? |
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Definition
kings with short reigns.
driven from the north to reside at thebes |
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Term
| what is a summary of dynasty 14 |
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Definition
| independant kingdom in the western delta |
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Term
| who were the rulers of the 15th dynasty? |
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Definition
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Term
| how did the hyksos come to power in egypt? |
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Definition
| they infilitrated egypt instead of conquerering it. they took power through their trade connections |
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Term
| where was trade in the 15th dynasty |
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Definition
stress on the vessel system
stemed from the capital at avaris |
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Term
| how did the hyksos change religion in egypt during their rule? |
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Definition
| seth becomes state god. pharaoh only gives money to temples of seth other gods temples fall to ruin. |
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Term
| who was the last leader of the hyksos dynasty of the north? |
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Definition
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Term
| who was the last ruler of the theban dynasty 17 in the south |
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Definition
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Term
| who starts the fight between the theban 17th dynasty of the south and the northern 15th dynasty of hyksos? |
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Definition
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Term
| how does the theban king Sekenenre Ta'o die? |
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Definition
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Term
| who wins against the hyksos? |
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Definition
| Ahmose younger brother of Kamose |
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Term
| what is unique about Ahmose's palace at Avaris ? |
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Definition
| to distinguish his win against Khamudi his palace has bull jumping scenes of minoan influence |
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Term
| what are the impact of the hyksos? |
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Definition
created a larger trding network
technical cermaic innovations
bronze
horse drawn chariots with spoked wheels |
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Term
| who was the first ruler of dynasty 18? |
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Definition
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Term
| who was the last ruler of dynasty 16 |
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Definition
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Term
| who was the last king of dynasty 17? |
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Definition
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Term
| who are the first thre uniters of egypt? |
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Definition
menes-aha 1
nebheptre mentuhotep II 11
Ahmose 18 |
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Term
| who was the first to be given the title gods wife of amun? |
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Definition
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Term
| what is a major characteristic of the 18th dynasty? |
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Definition
military conquest and devotion to the god amun.
administrative organization with powerful families |
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Term
| who ruled after ahmose? and why? |
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Definition
thutmoses I
chosen because of his military background and possibly married the daughter of the pharaoh |
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Term
| what are important features of thutmoses I reign ? |
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Definition
crushed kush
opened trade routes
building campaign rebuild temples out of stone
speparates the funerary cult and the burial site
secures egypts place |
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Term
| where was thutmoses I buried? |
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Definition
west bank of thebes in the valley of the kings
also has a funerary temple on the edge of fertile land. workers begin to live at deri el-medina |
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Term
who reigned after thutmoses I
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Definition
thutmoses II
married hatshepsut |
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Term
| who was the prince consort of hatshepsut |
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Definition
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Term
| where is hatshepsut's mortuary temple? |
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Definition
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Term
| who else built at Deir el-Bahari other than Hatshepsut? |
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Definition
| funerary cult of mentuhotep |
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Term
| what does hatshepsut's mortuary temple illustrate? |
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Definition
scenes of her building obelisks
expeditiion to punt
amun with her mother
daughter of a god |
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Term
| what is thutmoses III most famous for? |
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Definition
| led 17 military campaigns. |
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Term
| what were the three goals of thutmoses III military campaign? |
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Definition
bring the strategically significant levant back to egypt
secure egyptian access to the coast and ports
curtail influence of the Mitanni |
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Term
| what famouse battle did Thutmoses III fight? |
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Definition
battle of megiddo
recorded a play by play of the battle on temple walls
captives- significant number |
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Term
| who rules after thutmoses III? |
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Definition
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Term
| what significant things did amenhotep II do in his reign? |
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Definition
he led campaigns in syria-palestine
created a treaty with the mitanni |
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Term
| who ruled after amenhotep II |
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Definition
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Term
| what is significant about thutmoses IV |
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Definition
brokered a deal with the sphinx stela
renews treaty with mitanni
marries mitanni princess |
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Term
| who ruled after thutmoses IV |
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Definition
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Term
| who is the main wife of Amenhotep III? |
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Definition
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Term
| what is amenhotep III known as? |
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Definition
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Term
| what important structure did Amenhotep III build? |
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Definition
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Term
| where is tiye wife of amenhotep III name located? |
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Definition
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Term
| what was the most important city in dynasty 18? |
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Definition
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Term
| where is the god amun based? |
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Definition
the city of thebes
allows the priest of amun to be the most powerful man of egypt |
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Term
| where is the ancient cult of ptah? |
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Definition
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Term
| where is the northern residence of the king in the 18th dynasty. |
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Definition
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Term
| what was the imperialized time of egypt? |
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Definition
dynasty 18
garrisons
egyptinized nubians
conglomorate of leventine city states |
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Term
| when does the canaanite population enter egypt? |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
two gods that go together
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Term
what is an example of dyad
2 |
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Definition
sokar and sokaret
horus and seth |
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Definition
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Definition
| 8 deities worshiped in hermopolis |
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Term
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Definition
nun, naunet, heh, hauhet, kek, kauket, amun and amaunet
nn,hh,kk,aa |
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Term
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Definition
| 8 gods worshiped in helipolis |
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Term
| name the gods of an ennead |
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Definition
| atum, tefnut, shu, nut, geb, osiris, seth, isis and nepthys |
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Term
| how are gods grouped in ancient egypt? |
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Definition
| cavern, fate, hours of the day, hours of the night, judegment, nome |
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Term
| the beetle god of the sun |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
beetle god of the sun
shown as a beetle/human
pushes the sun in the sky |
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Term
| oldest god of the horizon |
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Definition
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Definition
oldest god of the horizon
syncoronized horus
falcon head
sun disk
cobra
god of the sun at midday |
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Definition
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Definition
dual crown
dying sun
rams head
curled horns |
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Definition
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Definition
goddess of moisture
lionheaded
two children with shu
geb and nut
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Definition
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Definition
kingship
crook and flail
mummy form
atef crown-bowling pin with two feathers
god of the dead
passive god |
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Term
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Definition
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Definition
jackal body curved snout
defends the sun from nothingness
vital to the continuation of the cosmos
killed osisris
violent and active |
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Term
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Definition
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Definition
the nuturer
ideal of all women-wife mother
symbol of throne on her head
also small falcon |
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Definition
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Definition
falcon god
sycronized with re
many ways to worship him- as child young adult ect |
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Term
| goddess of music and beauty |
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Definition
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Definition
goddess of many things drukenness, pleasure and birht ect
beautiful woman with a vulture headress, or a cow or nursemaid of pharaoh
looks frontaly
cow ears and a sistrum |
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Term
| god of writing and mathematics |
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Definition
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Definition
god of writing and mathematics
baboon or ibis
records judgement of osiris
healer of osiris |
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Definition
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Definition
shown in mummiform
doesnt wear a crown but a blue skull cap
beard staff and was sceptre
comes from memphis
created humans from clay |
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Term
| the god of destroyer and rebirth |
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Definition
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Definition
daughter of re
destroyer and rebirth
solar disk
lioness head |
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Definition
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Definition
god of mummification
jackal black fur
marker of cemetaries |
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Definition
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Definition
falcon head
sun disk
two cobras
two feather
god of war in thebes |
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Term
| protector of women in childbirth |
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Definition
composite god hippo, crocodile and lion
tawaret |
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Term
| protector of the home ad family |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
sticks his tongue out
dwarf
fronatly
carries two knives and has a lions tail
shown with many flaws and favcial hair
knives are for childbirth |
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