Egypt
Note Sheet
 
  1. Egyptian Geography
    1. Egypt is protected 
      1. North by:
      2. South by:
      3. East by:
      4. West by:
    2. Effects of this protection
      1.  
      2.  
    3. Egypt is often called:
    4. List 4 reasons why
      1.  
      2.  
      3.  
    5. Upper Egypt is in the 
    6. Lower Egypt is in the 
  2. Earliest period was called:
    1. Time frame:
    2. Dynasty means
      1. How did power remain in families? 
    3. Changes during this period
      1.  
    4. Religion during this period
      1. Tribes and clans worshipped
      2. Famous:
    5. The ruler who was said to have united Egypt:
  3. First main period was called:
    1. What is the nickname of this period?
    2. Time frame:
    3. Dynasties:
    4. Capital:
    5. Pharaoh had absolute power
    6. Pyramids and the afterlife
    7. Social classes during this period: draw a sketch
    8. Ended because IDLTEA…
      1.  
      2.  
    9. First Intermediate Period - dates
  4. Second main period:
    1. What is the nickname of this period?
    2. Time frame:
    3. Dynasties
    4. Pharaoh that drove out foreign invaders:
    5. Changed capital city:
    6. New most important god became
    7. Achievements
      1. Government 
      2. Trade
      3. Literature
      4. Art
      5. Architecture
      6. Religion
    8. Ended because IDLTEA
      1. Weak 13th/14th dynasties
      2. Hyksos invaded 
        1. People from the East
        2. Egyptians hated them (tried to erase all traces of their existence
      3. Hyksos technology
        1. Horses
        2. Chariots
        3. Sea-going vessels
    9. Second Intermediate Period dates - 
  5. Third main period:
    1. What is the nickname of this period?
    2. Time frame:
    3. Dynasties:
    4. Pharaohs of the 18th Dynasty to know:
      1. Kamose/Amose
      2. Hatshepsut
      3. Thutmose III
      4. Amenhotep IV/Ikhnaten
      5. Tutankhamun
    5. Pharaohs of the 19th Dynasty to know:
      1. Harmhab
      2. Ramesses II
    6. Ended because IDLTEA
    7. Ruled by foreigners after that
      1. Libya
      2. Nubia
      3. Assyria
      4. Persia
      5. Macedonia
        1. Ptolemaios
        2. Cleopatra
      6. Rome
    8. Egypt never really regained full independence until 1952 CE - nearly 3000 years!