Shared Flashcard Set

Details

human evolution and world prehistory
final exam
16
Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
11/08/2009

Additional Anthropology Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Giovanni Belzoni
Definition
Wrote 1st sizable
account of the
antiquities of Egypt
(1820)
Term
champollion
Definition
deciphered rosetta stone
Term
djoser
Definition
first king of the 3rd dynasty, who built the step pyramid at saqqara. The oldest stone building of its size in the world.
Term
step pyramid
Definition
It was a structure of six steps, unlike the smooth-sided pyramids of later times. height of 60 meters
an important architectural innovation that inaugurated the practice of pyramid building.
Term
imhotep
Definition
architect of step pyramid
Term
Athenaten
Definition
Was portrayed differently from other pharoahs in art. Try to start new religion based on the sun god- only one god. Didn't last for long. Wife was neffertiti. He was killed by the priests they tried to destroy all evidence of him
1353 bc to 1338
Term
early dynastic period
Definition
comprised the 1st, 2nd and 3rd dynasties and lasted from 2950 to 2575 bc.
Term
Ka
Definition
life force of self which is set free on
death
Term
ba
Definition
To be reunited with ones Ka after
death you need to keep the body
preserved
Term
Predynastic Unification
Definition
the
unification of Upper
and Lower Egypt.
Term
OLD KINGDOM
Definition
3685 BC – 2155 BC. Prior to that it’s the Archaic period
(Dynasties 1-3)
Term
New Kingdom
Definition
1540 BC to 1070 BC
Term
2125-1975
Definition
egypt splits into two states
Term
1975-1640
Definition
egypt reunited by mentuhotep
Term
Tutankhamen
Definition
18th DYNASTY
1336 BC – 1327 BC
Term
egyptian state
Definition
Possible to trace the survival of the egyptian state for some 3000 years with spells of virtual collapse known as the first, second, and third intermediate periods.
Supporting users have an ad free experience!