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1
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Old kingdom was known as the

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Golden age - powerful/wealthy

2
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Pharaohs =

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Great house

3
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Government was a _________

Pharaoh employed a _______ (government officials)

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Theocracy

Bureaucracy

4
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Headed under the vizier (_______) just under pharaoh

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Prime minister. (Joseph

5
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Oldest pyramid?

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Step pyramid of Saqqara built for Djoser -2600 BC

6
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Last of the 7 ancient wonders of the world

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3 pyramids of Giza, including the great pyramid built for Khufu, 481 feet tall

7
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Middle Kingdom

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Classical age ( art literature and trade)

8
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Had huge building projects such as temple of Karnak - ?

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Largest temple on earth, 61 acres, built to honor Ra

9
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No more pyramids? Why?

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Dey all been robbed yo

10
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What is the valley of the kings?

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Vast underground burriel passageways with kings tombs

11
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Largest of these tombs was

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Ramses the great - over 1 mile underground

12
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Smallest of these tombs was that of

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King Tutankhamen. 4 small rooms, 16 steps under ground, found fully intact, Howard carter

13
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New capitol city

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Thebes

14
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Who overthrew Egypt and ruled for 110 years?

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Foreign ppl known as the Hyksos

15
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Originally known as

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Kemet, or black land

16
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Gift of the nile- remember that

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Source of Nile is lake Victorian

17
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By 4000 BBC had developed into 2 kingdoms upper and lower

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3000 BBC united by Narmer