Egypt

Terms and Ideas to know:

Champollian, Rosetta Stone, and problems in the decipherment of Egyptian writings:
Dynasties and intermarriage
IDLTEA
Know the Osiris myth
Predynastic tombs and those used in the first two dynasties were called:
Put the periods of Egyptian history in order and know their ‘nicknames’
Social scale
The Great Sphinx is a statue of a lion with the head of which Pharaoh:
The Pharaoh in the Old Kingdom owned the land, but the nobles controlled it- T/F
The process of mummification took how long and involved what steps?
What does the Nile bring to Egypt?
What is a Nome?
What is Kemet and what does it mean?
What were the capitals of Egypt during the different periods and where were they located (upper or lower Egypt)
When did Pharaoh have absolute power and what was their government like in other periods?
Who became the god of the Underworld?
Who began the movement to drive the Hyksos out of Egypt?
Who could have life after death and be mummified at different periods in Egyptian history?
Who was Amenhotep IV and what 2 things is he most important for?
Who was the most favored god of the common people?
Who were the Hyksos and how did they influence Egypt?
Why was mummification practiced?