Ancient Egypt and the Middle East

A group in society that is ranked by factors such as wealth, property, and rights

What was the topography of ancient Egypt?

The plant of a place or region

What physical feature most contributed to the fertile soil and foreign trade in Kush?

How did the yearly flooding of the Nile River affect the people of Egypt and Kush?

What was a major purpose for building pyramids?

A nation in northeast Africa, first settled around 3100 B.C.E.

A written agreement by which two or more states agree to peaceful relations

The first woman pharaoh of ancient Egypt

An existence after death

Which period was called the Golden Age, a time when Egypt had reached a height of its power?

Which are the three important factors that greatly affected where ancient people settled?

A society along the Nile river, south of Egypt from about 2000 B.C.E. to 350 C.E.

The shape and elevation of surface features, such as mountains or deserts, of a place or region

A river in southwestern Asia that flows from the Lebanon mountains

A land northeast of Egypt settled by the ancient Israelites

Which group has the lowest social status out of priests, scribes, artisans, and gov. officials?

A body of water north of Africa

a symbol used in hieroglyphics, a system of writing developed around 3000 B.C.E.

A person who does farm work for wealthy landowners

Why are the social classes of ancient Egypt described by the shape of a pyramid?

a ruler of ancient Egypt

an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, skilled as a military leader

Hatsheput was one of the first pharaohs who was?

The position, or standing, of an individual compared to others in the same society

How did most government officials get their jobs?

The longest river in the world, flowing through Eastern Africa to a delta in northeastern Egypt

A pyramid outline showing the positions of social classes according to their status in society

Of high birth or rank

Skilled scribes wrote on papyrus, which is made from what?