History 111 Ancient Egypt
Worship of the Aten
(sun disk)
Old Kingdom Pyramids of Pharaoh Snefru
- red pyramid -bent pyramid -collapsed pyramid
1st Intermediate Period
-Drought and economic collapse -Divided Egypt into rival kingdoms
New Kingdom
-Empire: occupied Nubia, the Sinai peninsula, and Eastern Mediterranean -sometimes referred to as the Egyptian Empire, is the period in ancient Egyptian history between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC, covering the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Dynasties of Egypt.
Middle Kingdom
-Interest in expansion, trade, and imperialism -(also known as The Period of Reunification)
Important Deities
-Isis -Osiris -Seth -Horus -Anubis
Old Kingdom
-Pyramids and Sphinx at Giza -Great Pyramid a tomb built for Pharaoh Khufu -Others for Khufu's sons
Hieroglyphics
-Rosetta Stone -scribe -papyrus
The Nile River
-South to North -Navigable -Seasonal, predictable flooding
Old Kingdom
-Step pyramid designed for Pharaoh Djozer by his vizier and architect Imhotep -when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization in complexity and achievement - the first of three so-called "Kingdom" periods, which mark the high points of civilization in the lower Nile Valley.
New Kingdom Building
-Temple Complexes at Karnak and Luxor -Pharaoh Tombs in the Valley of the Kings
Pharaoh "great house"
-a ruler in ancient Egypt. -was an intermediary (link) between people and the gods
Second Intermediate period
Invasion of Hyksos
Ancient Egypt
The Nile River Periods of Pharaonic History Society and Culture Egyptian Polytheism Atenism: A Monotheistic Experiment
Valley of the Kings
a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, tombs were constructed for the Pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom.
Tutankhaten
an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom. He is popularly referred to as King Tut.
ma'at
the ancient Egyptian concept of truth, balance, order, law, morality, and justice. Maat was also personified as a goddess regulating the stars, seasons, and the actions of both mortals and the deities, who set the order of the universe from chaos at the moment of creation.
Queen Pharaoh Hatshepsut
was the longest reigning female pharaoh in Egypt, ruling for 20 years in the 14th century B.C. She is considered one of Egypt's most successful pharaohs.