1. Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

2. Kingdoms

3. Important Old Kingdom Dudes
Menes:
*King of Upper Egypt
*Forced his way into
Lower Egypt and took
over

4. Menes Continued:
*Egypt's first Pharaoh. (god Horus of the sky on earth)
*Began Egypt’s first dynasty. (series of rulers from the same family, 31 in over 3,000 years)
*Some doubt his existence, some believe he was killed by a Hippo in battle.

5. Khufu (OK)
*Exemplifies Egypt’s vast knowledge and use of geometry and architecture.
*Built the Great Pyramid of Giza and many others.
*The Great Pyramid was surrounded by thousands of tombs.
Great Pyramid was 481 ft. high, built over 30 years, and used over 2 million stones.

6. Tutankhamen (NK) aka King Tut
Only one reason why everyone knows this guy and he is so important…
Howard Carter found his tomb intact (Valley of the Kings) in a time when every other tomb was ransacked. Intact includes: gold, chariots, barges, himself, even underwear, etc.
Died at 19 of malaria

7. Hatshepsut (NK) *Second but most famous female pharaoh
*She became a regent (temporary ruler) for her stepson, Thutmose III. Then decided to name herself co-pharaoh with him when he was older.
*Pictures of her show her in typical make pharaoh clothing and a beard to indicate her power.
*Peaceful ruler focusing on trade and building projects. (gold, ebony, myrrh trees) (Dayr Al-Bahri)
*She was only known about after 1822.

8. Dayr Al-Bahri (located behind the Valley of the Kings)

9. Thutmose III (NK) *Hatshepsut’s stepson
*Warrior who conquered land and extended the kingdom of Egypt
*Tore down or recreated everything about Hatshepsut and replaced it with other great pharaohs or generals.
Why?

10. Ramses II (NK)
*Lived into his 90’s, pharaoh for over 65 years, over 100 children
*Seemed to be popular with the people. Plaques, monuments, etc. have been found honoring him and speaking of his greatness.
*Expanded kingdom through more military conquering.
*Build a new capital called Ramses

12. Ma’at Goddess of truth, justice, and order.
Ma’at created the proper social order for society and this was established when the world was created.