Chapter 5 Ancient Egypt and Kush

What is a bureaucrat?

The Egyptians traded wheat, paper, gold, copper, and tools to the Phoenicians in return for.

Who made up the largest class in Egypt's social structure?

The most successful pharaoh of the New Kingdom was ______.

Bureaucrats, or elected officials, appointed by the pharaoh

What was the main focus of Queen Hatshepsut's rule?

The Egyptians always believed that only pharaohs could reach the afterlife.

What invention resulted from the Egyptians studying the sky?

What key resource did Kushites have that allowed them to make iron?

The process of treating a body to keep it from decaying

Egyptian pharaohs added to the wealth of the empire by demanding _____ from conquered kingdoms.

Queen Hatshepsut expanded the empire through trade instead of war.

The Egyptian pyramids were actually large ______.

What does theocracy mean?

The Nile River contains dangerous, fast moving waters called ______.

Egyptians built pyramids because they

In a dynasty, who takes power when a pharaoh dies?

If they tried hard enough, people from Egypt's lower classes could improve their social status.

In 728 B.C., who founded a new dynasty that ruled both Egypt and Kush?

To divide into shares and deliver the shares to different people.