Life after death is called _____________.

The Egyptian city of ________ is where the Great Pyramid is located.

A dead body preserved in lifelike condition is called a _____________.

Pyramids are built on the west side of the Nile because Egyptians believed that was the land of the _________.

Planning for a pharaoh's tomb began _____________________.

 ____________ was an important part of daily Egyptian life.

Religion was the way people explained the workings of ______________ .

Magical spirits or ________ and ____________ could control events of nature and life.

Many gods were shown as humans with ___________ heads.

The chief god of the ancient Egyptians was ____________

All Egyptians worshipped principal gods but different parts of Egypt had their own special _______.

_______________ was the god of the living and dead.

The god, Amon-Re, protected the rich and the poor plus he was born each morning in the ________ and died each evening in the _______.

The desert area west of the Nile was known in ancient Egypt as the ___________________.

The ancient Egyptians believed the spirits of the dead lived on the west bank so after nightfall ___________________________.

The god of the afterlife, Osiris, had a wife named ___________ and a son named ___________.

The powerful goddess, Isis, was known as the Great Mother, who protected the health of the _______________. 

How did the people of ancient Egypt believe the spirits of the dead make their way to the afterlife?

In order to live a life of ease and pleasure with Isis and Osiris in the afterlife a person in this life had to have lived _________.

The souls of the dead needed their ___________ or they would not survive in the afterlife.

The bodies of important people and especially royalty were the ones who were ____________.

The preserving of mummies was ___________________________________.

Tomb building eventually became a(n) ________.

Most of all of the pyramids were built during the ______ ______________.

It could take up to ________ years to build a pyramid.

Where did pyramid workers get much of the fine stone that was used for the outside of the pyramid?

Fine stone from far away had to be loaded onto __________ and carried along the _______ to the pyramid building site.

Pyramid workers did not use the _________ to help them build which made pyramid building very _______________. 

To the workers, building a pyramid was an act of __________ ensuring the pharaoh's place in the afterlife.

Taharka became king of ___________ and _____________.

Why did Egyptians call Nubia the "land of the bow"?

What was the source of Meroe's wealth?

What happened to the Napatan rule of Egypt? 

 What was the kingodm of Meroe know for?

What was the kingdom of Napata know for?

What was the kingdom of Kerma known for?

Meroe made iron weapons which allowed them to ____________________ all the way to the Red Sea.

Meroe made iron plows which allowed them to _________________________________.

____________ is one of the world's oldest cultures.

Egypt hired Nubian _____________ for its armies. 

Most of the trading with Nubia had to be done by _______________.

The various kingdoms rose in power because there were __________ rulers in the land being taken over.

Tracing the events of Nubian history is like taking a slow-motion _______________________ ride.

The _____________ of Kerma made delicate ____________.

Kerma buried their ____________ in tombs under huge mounds of ___________.

Throughout Egypt and Nubia's history, their _________________ often became mixed.

Napatan kings ruled both ___________ and _________ for a short time in history.

Kerma was located at the _______________ Cataract.

Napata was located at the _______________ Cataract.

Meroe was located between the ____________ and ______________ Cataract.

Although Nubia and Egypt were rivals at times, through most of their history they were _____________ and _________________.

Today, Meroe remains largely a _____________. 

The system of ________________ writing that Meroe created has been unable to be decoded, even by today's computers.

When Napata took over Egypt, the kings first made ______________ the capital, then they moved it to ______________. 

A scientist who studies the stars is a(n) _______________________.

A type of picture writing is called ________________.

An early form of paper is ____________________.

Modern people are able to read hieroglyphic writing because of the  ___________________.

The scholar who figured out hieroglyphics was ____________________. 

Egyptian women had most of the ___________ that men had.

Although peasants could own land, most worked the land of ______________ people.

Social classes in ancient Egypt helped keep society _______________. 

Religion in ancient Egypt used gods to show the people how to (re)act with _____________ situations.

Probably because of their work on ____________, the ancient Egyptians knew a great deal about the body.

The art of creating medicines from plants is called _______________. 

Astronomy led to knowing when the _________ would flood every year and when to prepare for _________.

The Egyptians created the ________ which ended up as an accurate measuring system that was used to build ____________. 

Ancient Egyptians used ______________ in order to keep track of the kingdom's growing __________.

The ancient Greeks and Romans used the written __________ knowledge of the ancient Egyptians centuries later.

As the ancient Egyptian empire grew, they needed more convenient _____________ surfaces which led to the discovery of papyrus.

Peasants worked the farms ensuring ___________ for the society.

Skilled workers, merchants, and artisans provided items/services for the empire and were part of the ______________ ____________.

After the harvest season was over, everyone ____________ and made sure to __________ the gods.

Noble women held special positions in ancient Egypt, sometimes even influencing the ___________.

A bold leader who would fight if needed but known mostly for creating a time of great peace and economic success.

The title of a king of ancient Egypt is known as a __________________.

The dynasties of Egypt

A series of rulers from the same family is called a _______________. 

The three main time periods of Egypt's dynasty were known as the __________________.

The three main time periods of Egypt's dynasty were known as the __________________.

What would be the cause of a kingdom's times of troubles, probably resulting in it falling?

Why was the pharaoh Menes considered to be such a great ruler?

Pharaohs decided what became _________ as well as being __________   _________ for their people, this is how they became known as _____-_______.

Pharaohs had ___________  ________ over their people.

Why did Egypt grow and prosper during its first six dynasties?

Near the end of the Old Kingdom, the governors of the provinces began challenging the pharaoh's government, so what ended up happening?

With the rise of the Middle Kingdom, the early dynasties restored _________ and _________ the country.

What accomplishments did the pharaohs of the Middle Kingdom gain for Egypt?

Eventually, due to less able rulers, the Middle Kingdom lost control of Egypt to ______________   ____________.

 The start of the New Kingdom was marked by which event?

Someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule is called a ____________.

Hatshepsut was appointed regent for Thutmose II but instead she wanted to be the ___________.

Which four things contributed to Thutmose III being known as one of the greatest pharaohs of the New Kingdom?

________  _____ left Egypt weak and poorly defended, which began the decline of the New Kingdom  c. 1075 B.C.

Explain what this statement means:  "Ancient Egypt was strongest when its rulers were strong."

 An early description of the Nile was written by the Greek historian __________.

The direction that the Nile River flows is _______ to the Mediterranean Sea from its sources in ________.

The Blue Nile and the White Nile meet in the present-day country of _________.

The _______ Nile races down to the desert in thundering torrents.

The ________ Nile is calmer, flowing northward through swamps.

The  _________ region of the Nile near the Mediterranean Sea is know as ___________ Egypt

The ancient Egyptians called their land _________, "the black land," because of the dark soil left by the Nile's floods.

__________ is an ancient region in the Nile River Valley, on the site of present-day Egypt and northern Sudan.

In the Nubian section of the Nile, the river contains many rock-filled rapids, or ___________.

The ________ of the Nile, a triangular-shaped plain of very rich farmland, is located in Lower Egypt.

Deserts to the east and west protected the Egyptians from ___________ by foreign enemies.

Around 5000 B.C., settled _________ communities began to appear in Egypt and Nubia.

Although there was some farming in Nubia, it was difficult because of the _______ terrain so much of their food came from ________ and ________ birds along the banks of the Nile.

Not only were the deserts and the Nile River popular trade routes, but the Nile River ________ developed into a busy trade link as well.

The Nile was a highway for ________ in Egypt.

Ships floated _________ with the flow of the river, and sailed ________ with winds.

Because of the cataracts people could not travel through ________ by river so they developed trade routes over ______.

Beyond Kemet, the "black land" or the fertile river banks, lay the vast deserts or "______  _____".

Every spring, rushing waters from the highlands would bring down rich, fertile soil called ______, which was ideal for __________. 

The Nile River is the world's ________ river.